| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin, Greek, Slavic |
| Meaning | Christmas Day |
Natalia is a female given name with the original Late Latin meaning of "Christmas Day" (cf. Latin natale domini).[1]
It is currently used in this form in Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek (spelled Ναταλία), Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Polish.[2] Other forms and spellings include Natalie/Nathalie (Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic), Natálie (Czech), Natália/Nathália (Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian), Natalya/Nataliya (Russian: Наталья/Наталия), Nataliya/Natalya (Ukrainian: Наталія/Наталя), Natallia (Belarusian: Наталля), Natālija (Latvian), Natalija (Cyrillic: Наталија; Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, and Macedonian),[3] Natàlia (Catalan) and ნატალია (Georgian).
In Russian, a common diminutive is Natasha (Наташа).
Variants and derived forms of given name Natalia
- Nathalie: English, French, Dutch, German, Slovak, Scandinavian languages, Romanian, Finnish, Luxembourgish, Hungarian, Corsican, Czech, Catalan, Malagasy, Slovenian, Spanish, Latin, Estonian
- Nathaly : Spanish, English
- Nataly : English, Spanish
- Natalyne : English
- Nataline : English, French, Scandinavian languages, Catalan, Corsican, Italian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Latin, Romanian, Estonian, Czech, Finnish, Slavic languages
- Natalis : Latin
Notable people
- Natalia Anciso (born 1985), American Chicana-Tejana contemporary artist and educator
- Natalia Avelon (born 1980), Polish-German actress and singer
- Natalia Barbu (born 1979), Moldovan singer
- Natalia Bardo (born 1988), Russian actress, singer and TV host
- Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980), Belgian singer
- Natalia Bessmertnova (1941–2008), Russian ballet dancer
- Natália Blahová (born 1974), Slovak politician
- Natalia Chatzigiannidou (born 1979), Greek footballer
- Natalia Damini, Brazilian singer
- Natália Dubovcová (born 1990), Slovak beach volleyball player
- Natalia Dyer (born 1995), American actress
- Natalia Germanou (born 1965), Greek songwriter, entertainer and journalist
- Natália Germáni (born 1993), Slovak actress
- Natalia Gheorghiu (1914–2001), Soviet Moldovan pediatric surgeon
- Natalia Gherman (born 1969), Moldovan politician
- Natalia Ghilascu (born 1980), Moldovan journalist
- Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991), Italian writer
- Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), Russian avant-garde artist
- Natália Grausová (born 1953), Slovak physician and politician
- Natalia Gudina (born 1977), Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater
- Natalia Hadjiloizou (born 1979), Cypriot swimmer
- Natalia Kills (born 1986), English singer and actress
- Natalia Komarova (born 1971), Russian-American applied mathematician
- Natalia Kuchinskaya (born 1949), Soviet Olympic gymnast
- Natalia Kucirkova (born 1985), Slovak academic
- Natalia Kukulska (born 1976), Polish singer
- Natalia Kusendova, Canadian politician
- Natalia Lafourcade (born 1984), Mexican singer-songwriter
- Natália Lage (born 1978), Brazilian actress
- Natalia Lashchenova (born 1973), Soviet Olympic gymnast
- Natalia Lesz (born 1981), Polish singer
- Natalia Livingston (born 1976), American actress
- Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 1966), Venezuelan orchestral conductor
- Natalia Makarova (born 1940), Russian prima ballerina and choreographer
- Nataliia Mandryk (born 1988), Ukrainian Paralympic wheelchair fencer
- Natalia Mashina (born 1997), Russian footballer
- Natália Milanová (born 1982), Slovakian politician
- Natalia Navarro (born 1987), Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
- Natalia Negru (1882–1962), Romanian poet and prose writer
- Natalia Oreiro (born 1977), Uruguayan singer and actress
- Natalia Osipova (born 1986), Russian ballerina
- Natalia Paruz, musical saw player
- Natália Pereira (born 1989), Brazilian volleyball player
- Natalia Pervaiz (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
- Natalia Podolskaya (born 1982), Belarusian singer
- Natalia Poklonskaya (born 1980), Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
- Natalia Roubina (born 1984), Cypriot swimmer
- Natali (singer) (born 1974), Russian singer
- Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982), Spanish singer
- Natalia Sedova (1882–1962), Russian marxist
- Natalia Shelikhova (1762-1810), Russian businesswoman
- Natalia Sokol (born 1980), Russian activist
- Natalia Șoșeva (born 1964), Moldovan pharmaceutical executive and politician
- Natalia Tena (born 1984), British actress
- Natalia Valevska (born 1981), Ukrainian singer and songwriter
- Natalia Valevskaya (fashion designer) Russian Haute Couture fashion designer and art historian
- Natalia Verbeke (born 1975), Argentine-Spanish actress
- Natalia Vodianova (born 1982), Russian model
- Natalia Yurchenko (born 1965), Soviet artistic gymnast
Fictional characters
- Natalia, the protagonist of The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda
- Natalia Arlovskaya, the given name for the national personification of Belarus from the anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers
- Natalia Arron in the young adult novel Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
- Natalia Boa Vista in CSI: Miami
- Natalia Dragomiroff in Agatha Christie's novel Murder on the Orient Express
- Natalia Kaminski in the light novel and anime Fate/Zero
- Natalia Kowalski, character in the video game Lego City Undercover
- Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear in the video game Tales of the Abyss
- Natalia Romanova in the Marvel universe, alias Natasha Romanoff and Black Widow
- Natalia "Natasha" Rostova in War and Peace
- Natalia Shulmenski in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Prom
- Natalia Alexander in the Mexican teen drama Control Z
- Natalia "Talia", the fiancé of Mischa Bachinski from Ride the Cyclone
- Natalia "Naty" Vidal in the Disney Channel Latin America series Violetta
See also
References
- ↑ Susan Osborn (November 1999). What's in a Name?. Simon and Schuster. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-671-02555-7.
- ↑ Natalie, BehindTheName.com
- ↑ Names Related to Natalie, BehindTheName.com
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