Worldwide, Tian (Tian 
, เทียน 
, Тиан 
) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Tian is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Singapore. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, China, and Thailand. More frequently, Tian is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Tian | Singapore, Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, China |
| เทียน | Thailand |
| Тиан | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| Тянь | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine |
Tian is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jing Tianming , the principal character in The Legend of Qin, Qin's Moon; Tian Ma , the Dream of the Red Chamber character and Tian Boguang , the fictional character, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.
| tian zifang politician of the State of Wei (b. 1000) |
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| tian xiong Yuan dynasty person CBDB = 101641 (b. 1190) |
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| tian yuan Ming dynasty person CBDB = 200365 (b. 1444) |
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| tian long Ming dynasty person CBDB = 202229 (b. 1488) |
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bell yu tian Malaysian singer, MY |
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| fen tian Chinese fim director, CN (b. 1939) |
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| ling tian (b. 1947) |
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| heng siok tian Singaporean poet and educator, SG (b. 1963) |
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| tian hairong Chinese actress (b. 1975) |
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| yuan tian (b. 1965) |
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| tang tian Chinese footballer, CN (b. 1977) |
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| wen-de tian researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-9192-9901 |
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| liang tian researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-6419-3695) |
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| wei tian researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-2146-1717) |
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| ye tian researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-1839-7221) |
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