Baby name

STABLE GIRL · GERMAN-SLAVIC
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Tinka

/TINK · ah/


“Unknown”

Diminutive of Kathinka or short form of names ending in -tinka; also associated with Tinkerbell, giving it a fairy-tale lightness.

tink · tin

strongwarm

How it ages.

Feels playful but fragile; better as a nickname than a given name.

The cultural moment.

Occasionally used in Germany and Central Europe through the 1980s and 1990s.