Tatiana

For the drag queen, see Tatianna.

Tatiana

Onegin and Tatyana, from an illustrated edition of Eugene Onegin by Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya.

Gender| Female
Origin
Word/name| Roman
Meaning| Roman clan name "Tatius"
Other names
Related names| Tanja, Tanya, Tetiana, Tia, Tiana, Tonya
Tatyana from Eugene Onegin by Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya, 1899. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia as toddlers. Tatiana was named for Tatyana Larina in Eugene Onegin because her parents liked the idea of sisters named Olga and Tatiana as in the poem by Alexander Pushkin. An icon of Saint Tatiana of Rome.

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[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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[edit]

### In Christianity[edit]

* Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyr

### Royalty and nobility[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

### In sports[edit]

* Tatyana Alekseyeva (born 1963), Russian 400-metre runner
* Tatyana Biryulina (born 1955), Soviet javelin thrower
* 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
* 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 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
* 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
* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

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

## Fictional characters[edit]

* 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

## See also[edit]

* Tatian (disambiguation)

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b 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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