Tanya
Pronunciation/ˈtɑːnjə/, /ˈtænjə/
GenderUnisex
Language(s)
  • Aramaic
  • Ancient Greek
  • Latin
  • Persian
  • Russian
  • Sanskrit
  • Ukrainian
Origin
Word/name
Meaning
  • Short form of Tatiana
  • Ancient Greek (Establisher, Decider)
  • Short form of Hebrew ('Netanyahu', God has given)
  • Latin ('tatius', great)
  • Russian (Ruler, Regent)
  • Sanskrit (Daughter)
  • Persian (unique girl)
Other names
Variant form(s)LaTanya
Nickname(s)Tani partner

Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world.[1] The name's popularity among English-speakers (and other non-Slavs) was originally due to the popularity of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, whose heroine is named Tatiana "Tanya" Larina.

Variants include Tania (Ukrainian,[1] Romanian[2]); Tanja (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Norwegian, German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene and Macedonian);[1] Táňa (Czech); Tânia; (Portuguese); and Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent).[2]

As of 2010 it was the 237th most common name in the United States, according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.[3]

People with the name

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, 1990, A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-211651-7.
  2. 1 2 Samek, Ondřej; Malačka, Jan. "Jméno" (in Czech). www.kdejsme.cz. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. "Tanya". namestatistics.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
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