Tiger

English
"animal name"

Tiger Origin and Meaning

The name Tiger is a boy's name meaning "animal name".

Other wild animals like Fox, Wolf and Bear are catching on as baby names, and Tiger is a rarer option with several famous namesakes, including golf champ Tiger Woods, who was born Eldrick. Other famous Tigers include Indian actor Tiger Shroff, born Jai, and British actor Tyger Drew-Honey, who spells his name with a Y.

Chinese martial artist Tiger Hu Chen is another well-known bearer. In Chinese culture, the tiger is considered the king of the animals and a major symbol of masculine yang energy, representing power, courage, and luck.

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Tiger Popularity

Famous People Named Tiger

  • Tiger Onitsuka
    Japanese jazz drummer
  • Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods
    American golfer
  • Tiger "Tige" Andrews
    American actor
  • David James "Tiger" Williams
    Canadian ice hockey player
  • Tiger
    stage name of Norman Washington Jackson, Jamaican dancehall musician
  • Priest George Youngs "Tiger" Smalls
    American boxer and trainer
  • Ernest James "Tiger" Smith
    English cricketer
  • Theodore "Tiger" Flowers
    American boxer
  • Jai Hemant "Tiger" Shroff
    Indian actor
  • George Everett "Tiger" Greene
    American NFL football player
  • Tiger Jeet Singh (born Jagjeet Singh Hans)
    Indo,Canadian pro wrestler
  • Tiger Ali Singh (born Gurjit Singh Hans)
    Indo,Canadian pro wrestler; son of Tiger Jeet Singh
  • Tiger Watson (b. 2016)
    son of reality TV personality Paul Watson of "Whale Wars"
  • Rufus Tiger Taylor (b. 1991)
    American musician of The Darkness; son of drummer Roger Taylor of Queen
  • Marlowe Jack Tiger Mitchell (b. 2002)
    son of actress Lou Doillon; grandson of model Jane Birkin
  • Lola Tiger Fellner (b. 2008)
    daughter of model Laura Bailey and Eric Fellner

Tiger in Pop Culture

  • Tiger
    dog in animated series "Kipper the Dog"
  • Tiger Gleeson
    character in Australian TV series "Round the Twist"
  • "Tiger
    " comic strip by Bud Blake and its main character
  • Tiger
    sidekick of Judomaster in DC Comics
  • Tiger
    dog on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
  • Tiger
    cat in the American Tail animated films
  • Tiger
    character in Ibn,e,Safi's Imran series
  • Tiger Jackson
    character in the Tekken video games
  • Tiger Ow
    character in film "Project A Part II"
  • Tigerstar
    character from the book series "Warriors" by Erin Hunter