Tatiana

Tatiana
	Onegin and Tatiana, from an illustrated edition of Eugene Onegin by Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya.
Pronunciation	/tɐˈtʲjanə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Roman, Slavic
Meaning	Roman clan name "Tatius"
Other names
Related names	Tanya, Tania, Tanja, Tetiana, Tia, Tiana, Tata, Tati, Tutta

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]

Origin

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.

Variations

Belarusian: Тацця́на, romanized: Tatsyana [taˈt͡sʲːana]
Bulgarian: Татяна, romanized: Tatyana
German: Tatjana
Greek: Τατιάνα, romanized: Tatiána
Polish: Tacjana [taˈt͡sjana]
Russian: Татья́на, romanized: Tat'yána, Tatiana [tɐˈtʲjanə]
Serbian: Татјана, romanized: Tatjana
Ukrainian: Тетя́на, romanized: Tetyána [teˈtʲɑnɐ] [2]

Variations of the name

Albanian: Tatiana, Tatjana, Tana
Belarusian: Таццяна (Tatsiana; Łacinka: Tacciana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Тацянка (Tatsianka; Łacinka: Tacianka), Танечка (Taniechka; Łacinka: Taniečka)
Bulgarian: Татяна (Tatyana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania)
Catalan: Tatiana, Diminutive: Tània
Croatian: Tatjana, Tanja
Czech: Taťána, Táňa
Danish: Tatiana, Tanja
Dutch: Tanja, Tatjana (uncommon), Tania (uncommon now, only in Belgium)
English: Tatiana, Tatyana Diminutive: Tania, Tanya, Tiana, Tianna
Estonian: Tatjana
Finnish: Tatjana; Diminutive: Taina
French: Tatiana, Tatianna, Tatyanna, Tatienne (uncommon), Diminutive: Tania, Tanya
Frisian: Tetje Anna (uncommon) Diminutive: Tet, Tetje, Tanje
German: Tatjana, Tanja
Greek: Τατιανή (Tatiani), Τατιάνα (Tatiana)
Hungarian: Tatjána
Italian: Tatiana
Norwegian: Tatjana
Polish: Tacjana
Portuguese: Tatiana, Tatiane, Diminutive: Tania, Tati
Romanian: Tatiana, Tatianna, Diminutive: Tanea
Russian: Татьяна (Tatijana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Tanichka, Tanechka, Tatianka, Taniusha, Taniushka
Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана
Slovakian: Tatiana, Diminutive: Táňa
Slovene: Tatjana, Diminutive: Tanja, Tjaša; Variants: Tatiana, Tatijana, Tatja, Tatjanca
Spanish: Tatiana, Diminutive: Tania, Tati
Ukrainian: Тетяна (Tetiana, Tetyana), Diminutive: Tetianka, Tetyanka^[3]

In popular culture

Tatiana Larina is the heroine of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin. The poem was and continues to be extremely popular in Russia.

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]

Notable people

In Christianity

Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyr

Royalty and nobility

Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890-1979), eldest daughter of Russian poet Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia.
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897 - 1918), the second daughter of Emperor Nicholas II Romanov and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse).
Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł (born 1939), daughter of Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark.
Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark (born 1980), wife of Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark
Princess Tatiana Galitzine (born 1984), daughter of Archduchess Maria-Anna of Austria
Tatiana Kharlova (1756–1773), Russian noblewoman

In modeling

Tatiana Cotliar (born 1988), Argentine model
Tatiana Dante, fashion model and America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 candidate
Taťána Kuchařová (born 1987), Czech model, Miss World 2006
Tatjana Patitz (1966–2023), German model
Tatiana Sorokko (born 1971), Russian model

In television and films

Tatiana (singer) (born 1968), Mexican American actress, singer and television presenter
Tatyana Ali (born 1979), American actress and singer
Tatyana Dogileva (born 1957), Soviet/Russian actress
Tatiana Maslany (born 1985), Canadian actress
Taťjana Medvecká (born 1953), Czech actress
Tatiana Papamoschou (born 1964), Greek actress
Tatiana Pauhofová (born 1983), Slovak actress
Tatiana Samoilova (1934-2014), Soviet/Russian actress
Tatianna, stage name of Joseph Santolini (born 1987), American drag queen and reality personality
Tatiana Stefanidou (born 1970), Greek television host
Tatiana Vilhelmová (born 1976), Czech actress
Tatjana Saphira, born Tatjana Hartmann (born 1997), Indonesian actress
Tatjana Šimić (born 1963), Croatian-Dutch actress and singer

In music

Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg (born 1971), daughter of Prince Egon and Diane Von Fürstenberg; singer in the band Playdate
Tatiana (born 1968) Mexican singer
Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano
Tatiana Bulanova, Russian pop singer
Tatiana Cameron (born 1970), Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci")
Tatiana DeMaria, English musician
Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, and television presenter
Tatiana Mais, also known as Q-Tee, British songwriter and rapper
Tatiana Naynik (born 1978), Russian singer, actress, model, and producer
Tatiana Okupnik (born 1978), Polish singer, based in London
Tatiana Shmailyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian singer, frontwoman of the metal band Jinjer

In other performing arts

Tatiana Mamaki (1921-2007), Greek dancer and choreographer
Tatiana Troyanos (1938-1993), American opera singer

In sports

Tatyana Alekseyeva (born 1963), Russian 400-metre runner
Tatyana Biryulina (born 1955), Soviet javelin thrower
Tatiana Búa (born 1990), Argentine tennis player
Tatjana Burmazovic (born 1984), Serbian volleyball player
Tatiana Calderón (born 1993), Colombian racing driver
Tatiana Cocsanova (born 2004), Canadian rhythmic gymnast
Tatyana Fomina (born 1954), Estonian chess player
Tatyana Forbes (born 1997), American softball player
Tathiana Garbin (born 1977), Italian tennis player
Tatiana Golovin (born 1988), French tennis player of Russian origin
Tatiana Grigorieva (born 1975), Australian athlete of Russian origin
Tatiana Gutsu (born 1976), Ukrainian Olympic Gymnast
Tatiana Kavvadia (born 1976), Greek basketball player
Tatiana Khalil (born 1992), Lebanese footballer
Taťána Kocembová (born 1952), Czechoslovak runner
Tatyana Konstantinova (born 1970), Russian hammer thrower
Tatiana Kosheleva (born 1988), Russian Volleyball Player
Tatiana Kosintseva, Russian international chess Grandmaster
Tatiana Kuzmina (born 1990), Russian taekwondo athlete
Tatiana Kyriushyna (born 1989), Ukrainian handball player
Tatiana Lemos, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
Tatyana Lesovaya (born 1956), Russian discus thrower
Jessica Long American Paralympic gold medalist born Tatiana Olegovna Kirillova (born 1992)
Tatjana Malek (born 1987), German tennis player
Tatiana Matveeva (footballer) (born 1990), Georgian footballer
Tatiana Matveyeva (born 1985), Russian weightlifter
Tatiana Nabieva (born 1994), Russian artistic gymnast
Tatiana Minina (born 1997), Russian taekwondo athlete
Tatiana Panova (born 1976), Russian tennis player
Tatiana Perebiynis (born 1982), Ukrainian tennis player
Tatsiana Piatrenia (born 1981), Belarusian trampoline gymnast
Tatyana Polovinskaya (born 1965), Ukrainian long-distance runner
Tatiana Poutchek (born 1979), Belarusian tennis player
Tatiana Rizzo (born 1986), Argentine volleyball player
Tatjana Schoenmaker (born 1997), South African swimmer
Tatyana Skachko (born 1954), Russian long jumper
Tatiana Sorina (born 1994) Russian cross-country skier
Tatiana Sousa (born 1975), Greek handball player
Tatyana Sudarikova (born 1973), Kyrgyzstani javelin thrower
Tatiana Ullua (born 1992), Argentine weightlifter
Tatyana Veinberga (1943–2008), Latvian volleyball player
Tatiana Weston-Webb (born 1976), Brazilian–American surfer
Tatyana Yurchenko (born 1993), Kazakhstani middle-distance runner
Tatyana Zhuravlyova (born 1967), Russian heptathlete

In literature and other fiction

Tatiana de Rosnay (born 1961), author of the fiction Sarah's Key
Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex (1920-2005), Greek writer and journalist
Tatiana Schlossberg (born 1990), American journalist and author, daughter of Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and Edwin Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Tatyana Tolstaya (born 1951), modern Russian writer, granddaughter of Aleksei Tolstoy

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 twin
Tatiana Hambro (born 1989), British fashion writer and editor
Tatiana Hogan (born 2006), Canadian craniopagus conjoined twin
Tatiana Korcová (1937–1997), Slovak physicist
Tatyana Kostyrina (1924–1943), Soviet military hero
Tatjana Pašić (born 1964), Serbian politician
Tatiana Potîng (born 1971), Moldovan politician
Tatiana de la tierra (1961–2012), Latina lesbian writer
Tatiana Vivienne, feminist activist from the Central African Republic
Tatiana Wedenison (1864 – ?), first woman in Italy to attempt earning an engineering degree
Tati Westbrook (born 1982), American Internet personality, YouTuber, businesswoman and makeup artist
Tatjana Michaylovna Zacharova (born 1931), Russian production worker, author and politician

Animals

Tatiana (tiger), a San Francisco zoo animal who maimed and killed before being shot and killed

Fictional characters

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 TV series
Tatiana, the main antagonist of the video game No Straight Roads
Tatianna, in Fire Emblem Gaiden who also appears in the remake of the game, 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 who uses the name Tatyana as one of her cover identities
Scythe, real name Tatjana. Character in Stormwatch (comics). A Serbian superhero and a member of Stormwatch

References

^ ^a ^b 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

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[0-19-861060-2_p257-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[2] Campbell, Mike. "Tatiana". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[3] Campbell, Mike. "Tatiana". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

[4] Maylunas, Andrei, and Mironenko, Sergei, editors; Galy, Darya, translator, A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story, 1997, p. 163

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