Tanya
Russian diminutive of TATIANA. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.
 | TATIANA female Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name TATIUS. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TATIUS male Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman Roman family name of unknown meaning, possibly of Sabine origin. According to Roman legend, Titus Tatius was an 8th-century BC king of the Sabines who came to jointly rule over the Romans and Sabines with the Roman king Romulus. | |||||||||||||||||||
| FULL FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Tatiana, Tatianna, Tatyanna |
| RUSSIAN: Tatiana, Tatyana |
| EQUIVALENTS |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN: Latanya |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Tatiana |
| BULGARIAN: Tatiana |
| CROATIAN: Tanja, Tatjana |
| CZECH: Taťána |
| DANISH: Tanja, Tatiana |
| DUTCH: Tatiana |
| ENGLISH: Tania, Tanya, Tiana, Tianna |
| FINNISH: Taina, Tanja, Tatiana, Tatjana |
| FRENCH: Tatienne |
| GEORGIAN: Tatiana |
| GERMAN: Tanja, Tatiana, Tatjana |
| GREEK: Tatiana |
| ITALIAN: Tania, Tatiana |
| LATVIAN: Tatjana |
| LITHUANIAN: Tatjana |
| MACEDONIAN: Tanja, Tatjana |
| NORWEGIAN: Tanja, Tatiana |
| POLISH: Tatiana |
| PORTUGUESE: Tânia, Tatiana |
| ROMANIAN: Tatiana |
| RUSSIAN: Tanya |
| SERBIAN: Tanja, Tatjana |
| SLOVAK: Tatiana |
| SLOVENE: Tanja, Tatjana, Tjaša |
| SPANISH: Tatiana |
| SWEDISH: Tanja, Tatiana |
| MASCULINE FORMS |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Tatianus |
| OTHER FORMS |
| AFRICAN AMERICAN: Latonya, Taneka, Tanesha, Tanika, Taniqua, Tanisha |
| ANCIENT ROMAN: Tatius |
| ENGLISH: Tonya |
| ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Tatius |