Short form of names ending with tia. It has been suggested that its use since the 1950s is the result of the brand name for the coffee liqueur Tia Maria. In the brand name, Tia is not a given name; rather, it means "aunt" in Spanish or Portuguese.
Ingabe Tia igama lentombazane?
Yebo, igama Tia linomlingani wesifazane.
Igama lokuqala Tia livelaphi?
Igama Tia evame kakhulu ku- IsiNgisi.
Izinkomba zogama lokuqala Tia
Cleveland Kent Evans, The Great Big Book of Baby Names (2006)
