Tatiana (or Tatianna , also romanized as Tatyana , Tatjana , Tatijana , etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe.[1]
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Tatiana from Eugene Onegin by Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya , 1899.Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia as toddlers. Tatiana (left, sitting) was named for Tatiana Larina in Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin .An icon of Saint Tatiana of Rome .
Tatiana is a feminine , diminutive derivative of the Sabine —and later Latin —name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines , an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana.[1]
While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of the Eastern Roman Empire, and later spread to the Byzantine-influenced Orthodox world, including Russia . In that context, it originally honoured the church Saint Tatiana , who was tortured and martyred in the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus , c. 230 CE. St. Tatiana is patron saint of students in general and in Russia, students are celebrated on Tatiana Day , 25 January. St. Tatiana is also the patron saint of Moscow State University .
Albanian : Tatiana, Tatjana, TanaBelarusian : Таццяна (Tatsiana; Łacinka : Tacciana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Тацянка (Tatsianka; Łacinka: Tacianka), Танечка (Taniechka; Łacinka: Taniečka)Bulgarian : Татяна (Tatyana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania)Catalan : Tatiana, Diminutive: TàniaCroatian : Tatjana, TanjaCzech : Taťána, TáňaDanish : Tatiana, TanjaDutch : Tanja, Tatjana (uncommon), Tania (uncommon now, only in Belgium)English : Tatiana, Tatyana Diminutive: Tania, Tanya, Tiana , TiannaEstonian : TatjanaFinnish : Tatjana; Diminutive: TainaFrench : Tatiana, Tatianna, Tatyanna, Tatienne (uncommon), Diminutive: Tania, TanyaFrisian : Tetje Anna (uncommon) Diminutive: Tet, Tetje, TanjeGerman : Tatjana, TanjaGreek : Τατιανή (Tatiani), Τατιάνα (Tatiana)Hungarian : TatjánaItalian : TatianaNorwegian : TatjanaPolish : TacjanaPortuguese : Tatiana, Tatiane, Diminutive: Tania, TatiRomanian : Tatiana, Tatianna, Diminutive: TaneaRussian: Татьяна (Tatijana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Tanichka, Tanechka, Tatianka, Taniusha, Taniushka
Serbian Cyrillic : ТатјанаSlovakian : Tatiana, Diminutive: TáňaSlovene : Tatjana, Diminutive: Tanja, Tjaša; Variants: Tatiana, Tatijana, Tatja, TatjancaSpanish : Tatiana, Diminutive: Tania, TatiUkrainian : Тетяна (Tetiana, Tetyana), Diminutive: Tetianka, Tetyanka[3]
Tatiana Larina is the heroine of Alexander Pushkin 's verse novel Eugene Onegin
The character of Tatiana Larina inspired the names of two Romanovs: Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia and her distant cousin Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia .[4]
In television and films
Tatiana (singer) (born 1968), Mexican American actress, singer and television presenterTatyana Ali (born 1979), American actress and singerTatyana Dogileva (born 1957), Soviet/Russian actressTatiana Maslany (born 1985), Canadian actressTaťjana Medvecká (born 1953), Czech actressTatiana Papamoschou (born 1964), Greek actressTatiana Pauhofová (born 1983), Slovak actressTatiana Samoilova (1934-2014), Soviet/Russian actressTatianna , stage name of Joseph Santolini (born 1987), American drag queen and reality personalityTatiana Stefanidou (born 1970), Greek television hostTatiana Vilhelmová (born 1976), Czech actressTatjana Saphira , born Tatjana Hartmann (born 1997), Indonesian actressTatjana Šimić (born 1963), Croatian-Dutch actress and singerIn music
Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg (born 1971), daughter of Prince Egon and Diane Von Fürstenberg; singer in the band PlaydateTatiana (born 1968) Mexican singerTatiana Borodina , Russian opera sopranoTatiana Bulanova , Russian pop singerTatiana Cameron (born 1970), Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci" )Tatiana DeMaria , English musicianTatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, and television presenterTatiana Mais , also known as Q-Tee, British songwriter and rapperTatiana Naynik (born 1978), Russian singer, actress, model, and producerTatiana Okupnik (born 1978), Polish singer, based in LondonTatiana Shmailyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian singer, frontwoman of the metal band Jinjer In sports
Tatyana Alekseyeva (born 1963), Russian 400-metre runnerTatyana Biryulina (born 1955), Soviet javelin throwerTatiana Búa (born 1990), Argentine tennis playerTatjana Burmazovic (born 1984), Serbian volleyball playerTatiana Calderón (born 1993), Colombian racing driverTatiana Cocsanova (born 2004), Canadian rhythmic gymnastTatyana Fomina (born 1954), Estonian chess playerTatyana Forbes (born 1997), American softball playerTathiana Garbin (born 1977), Italian tennis playerTatiana Golovin (born 1988), French tennis player of Russian originTatiana Grigorieva (born 1975), Australian athlete of Russian originTatiana Gutsu (born 1976), Ukrainian Olympic GymnastTatiana Kavvadia (born 1976), Greek basketball playerTatiana Khalil (born 1992), Lebanese footballerTaťána Kocembová (born 1952), Czechoslovak runnerTatyana Konstantinova (born 1970), Russian hammer throwerTatiana Kosheleva (born 1988), Russian Volleyball PlayerTatiana Kosintseva , Russian international chess GrandmasterTatiana Kuzmina (born 1990), Russian taekwondo athleteTatiana Kyriushyna (born 1989), Ukrainian handball playerTatiana Lemos , Brazilian freestyle swimmerTatyana Lesovaya (born 1956), Russian discus throwerJessica Long American Paralympic gold medalist born Tatiana Olegovna Kirillova (born 1992)Tatjana Malek (born 1987), German tennis playerTatiana Matveeva (footballer) (born 1990), Georgian footballerTatiana Matveyeva (born 1985), Russian weightlifterTatiana Nabieva (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnastTatiana Minina (born 1997), Russian taekwondo athleteTatiana Panova (born 1976), Russian tennis playerTatiana Perebiynis (born 1982), Ukrainian tennis playerTatsiana Piatrenia (born 1981), Belarusian trampoline gymnastTatyana Polovinskaya (born 1965), Ukrainian long-distance runnerTatiana Poutchek (born 1979), Belarusian tennis playerTatiana Rizzo (born 1986), Argentine volleyball playerTatjana Schoenmaker (born 1997), South African swimmerTatyana Skachko (born 1954), Russian long jumperTatiana Sorina (born 1994) Russian cross-country skierTatiana Sousa (born 1975), Greek handball playerTatyana Sudarikova (born 1973), Kyrgyzstani javelin throwerTatiana Ullua (born 1992), Argentine weightlifterTatyana Veinberga (1943–2008), Latvian volleyball playerTatiana Weston-Webb (born 1976), Brazilian–American surferTatyana Yurchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani middle-distance runnerTatyana Zhuravlyova (born 1967), Russian heptathleteIn literature and other fiction
Others
Tatyana Andropova (1917–1991), spouse of Yuri Andropov Tatyana Chernigovskaya (born 1947), Soviet and Russian scientist in neuroscience , psycholinguistics and theory of mind Tatiana Dogaru , Craniopagus twinTatiana Hambro (born 1989), British fashion writer and editorTatiana Hogan (born 2006), Canadian craniopagus conjoined twinTatiana Korcová (1937–1997), Slovak physicistTatyana Kostyrina (1924–1943), Soviet military heroTatjana Pašić (born 1964), Serbian politicianTatiana Potîng (born 1971), Moldovan politicianTatiana de la tierra (1961–2012), Latina lesbian writerTatiana Vivienne , feminist activist from the Central African RepublicTatiana Wedenison (1864 – ?), first woman in Italy to attempt earning an engineering degreeTati Westbrook (born 1982), American Internet personality, YouTuber, businesswoman and makeup artistTatjana Michaylovna Zacharova (born 1931), Russian production worker, author and politician
Tatiana (tiger) , a San Francisco zoo animal who maimed and killed before being shot and killed
Tatiana Larina, the love interest in Alexander Pushkin's celebrated novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin
fr:Tatiana Metanova , in Paullina Simon's "Bronze Horseman"Tatiana Romanova , James Bond's love interest in the 1963 movie From Russia with Love (film) Tatiana Taylor , in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Tatiana Wisla, in the anime series Last Exile
Tatiana, in the Kingdom
Tatiana, the main antagonist of the video game No Straight Roads
Tatianna, in Fire Emblem Gaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Princess Tatiana, from an episode of The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa (Once Upon a Timon)
Queen Tatiana, supporting character of the cancelled Nickelodeon sitcom The Other Kingdom
EVA , character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Scythe, real name Tatjana. Character in Stormwatch (comics)
Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names . Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-861060-2 Campbell, Mike. "Tatiana" . behindthename.com . Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 June 2023 . Campbell, Mike. "Tatiana" . behindthename.com . Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 June 2023 . Maylunas, Andrei, and Mironenko, Sergei, editors; Galy, Darya, translator, A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story , 1997, p. 163
