Tineke
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche Kose form von Tine (
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tinəkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tineke is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. In Aruba it is the 77th most common given name.
- NLNetherlands1 in 3.5K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 2.7M
- BEBelgium≈1 in 13K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 113 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
4,880 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche Kose form von Tine (
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tineke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #207 | 4,880 | 1 in 3.5K | 4.9K | Tineke | 85 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 13K | 8 | Tineke | 58 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 302K | — | Tineke | 13 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 504K | listed | Tineke | 42 |
| US United States | — | 125 | 1 in 2.7M | 125 | Tineke | 113 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 219K | 1 | Tineke | 48 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 111K | 15 | Tineke | 23 |
| AW Aruba | #77 | — | — | — | Tineke | 1 |
4,880 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the duden-vornamen-2007 register; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tineke Wibaut-Guilonardb. 1922NLDutch sociologist and freedom fighter (1922-1996)
- Tineke Lagerbergb. 1941NLDutch swimmer
- Tineke Netelenbosb. 1944NLDutch politician
- Tineke Bartelsb. 1951NLequestrian
- Tineke Fopmab. 1953NLDutch cyclist
- Tineke Hiddingb. 1959NLDutch heptathlete
- Tineke Huizingab. 1960NLDutch politician (born 1960)
- Tineke Strikb. 1961NLDutch politician and social worker
- Tineke Postmab. 1978NLDutch saxophonist
- Tineke den Dulkb. 1997NLshort-tracker active in 2023-2024
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 4.9K | #424 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 3.3K | #961 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 125 | #49,509 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1967 | 18 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1977 | 16 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1978 | 15 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1976 | 15 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1975 | 14 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1999 | 13 | #634 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1996 | 10 | #717 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1995 | 10 | #687 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 9 | #19,086 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Tineke?
- In the etymology graph, Karen, Christine and Chris are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Rina and Albertina.
- How do you pronounce Tineke?
- A machine transcription gives /tinəkə/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Tineke a male or female name?
- Tineke is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Tineke mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., niederdeutsche Kose form von Tine (
- In which country does Tineke have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 4.9 thousand people named Tineke, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tineke.
- Where is Tineke most common?
- Tineke is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.5 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Tineke?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 4,880 people named Tineke, about 1 in 3.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Tineke compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Tineke is the 207th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tineke?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tinekeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tineke” — the 207th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.