Tin is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “battlement and metal pen.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2025.
Tin belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “battlement and metal pen” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Tin first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3269 in 1982, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 436 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
More names from the Turkish shelf:
Tin means “battlement and metal pen” in its Turkish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Tin is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2025.
Tin comes from the Turkish tradition.
Tin first appears in US records in 1979. Its best-ever ranking was #3269 in 1982, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Tin is pronounced /tɛ̃/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
NamePetal