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Tanya Pronunciation , Gender Feminine Language(s) Aramaic Ancient Greek Latin Persian Russian Sanskrit Ukrainian 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) Variant form(s)
LaTanya Nickname(s) Tani partner
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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 (who is rarely named by the short name in the poem). Some people also claim that the popularity of "Tanya" in Anglophone world is due to Ukrainian emigrees to Canada, who escaped Ukraine during the Civil War of 1918-20.
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
Lara Saint Paul , born Silvana Savorelli (1945–2018), also known as Tanya, Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer and record producer
Major Tanya, stage name of Noelle Rose, professional wrestler from the
Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Tanya Acosta (born 1991), Argentine volleyball player
Tanya Bertoldi (born 1986), Argentine politician
Tanya Burr (born 1989), English
vlogger and blogger
Tanya Byron (born 1967), a British psychologist
Tanya Chan (born 1971), a legislator in Hong Kong
Tanya Chisholm (born 1983), American actress and dancer
Tanya Christiansen , American mathematician
Tanya Chua (born 1975), a singer in
Singapore
Tania Coleridge (born 1966), British model/Girl in
Father Figure music video
Tanya Compas , British activist
Tanya Donelly (born 1966), singer/guitarist for
Throwing Muses ,
The Breeders , and
Belly
Tanya Dubnicoff (born 1969), Canadian track cyclist
Tanya Dziahileva (born 1991), Belarusian model
Tanya Garcia (born 1981), Filipina television and film actress
Tanya Haden (born 1971), daughter of
jazz
double bassist
Charlie Haden , wife of actor
Jack Black
Tanya Hansen (born 1973), Norwegian pornographic actress.
Tanya Hughes (born 1972), American high jumper
Tanya Hunks (born 1980), Canadian swimmer
Tanya Kappo , Canadian lawyer and Indigenous rights activist
Tanya Mercado (as known as
Gina Lynn ) (born 1974), Puerto Rican pornographic actress
Tanya Moore (1955–1986), American murder victim
Tanya Oxley (born 1979), Barbadian track and field sprinter
Tanya Plibersek (born 1969), Australian politician and Minister for Health
Tanya Ravichandran , Indian actress
Tanya Roberts (1949–2021), actress
Tanya Ryno , producer
Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944),
Russian child diarist who died in 1944 during the
Siege of Leningrad
Tanya Snyder (born 1967), American businesswoman
Tanya Tagaq (born 1975), Canadian Inuk throat singer
Tanya Tate (born 1979), a US-UK porno actress
Tanya Taylor , Canadian fashion designer
Tanya Tucker (born 1958), American country music singer
Fictional characters
Tan-ya, main character in Korean fantasy/mythology
Arthdal Chronicles , foretold to be the direct descendant of a goddess
Tanya, character in
Jacqueline Wilson novel
Bad Girls
Tanya , character in the
Mortal Kombat universe
Agent Tanya Adams , soldier in the
Command & Conquer: Red Alert video game series
Tanya Branning , in the British TV soap opera
EastEnders
Tanya Mousekewitz , from the film
An American Tail
Tanya Robertson , from the movie
Sleepwalkers
Tanya Sloan , character from
Power Rangers Turbo
Tanya Turner , lead character on the ITV drama
Footballers Wives
Tanya von Degurechaff , main character in the light novel, manga, and anime series
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
See also
References
^
a
b
c
Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, 1990, A Dictionary of First Names , Oxford University Press,
ISBN
0-19-211651-7 .
^
a
b Samek, Ondřej; Malačka, Jan.
"Jméno" (in Czech). www.kdejsme.cz. Retrieved 27 June 2017 .
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"Tanya" . namestatistics.com. Archived from
the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010 .