Tatiana

Russian girl's name

Tatiana is a feminine given name of Russian origin, derived from a Roman family name of uncertain meaning.

It has been popular throughout Eastern Europe and gained wider international use in the twentieth century.

The name is associated with Saint Tatiana, a third-century Christian martyr, and appears in Russian literature, most notably as a character in Pushkin's *Eugene Onegin*.

Common diminutives include Tanya and Tati.

name

Anastasia

Name meaning resurrection

Irina · Katerina · Marina · Sofia · Galina · Valentina · Vera · Larisa · Anya · Sasha

Russian

Slavic

Of certain Eastern Europeans

Siberia · ballet · tsarina · borsch · samovar · matryoshka · balalaika · Dostoevsky · Tolstoy · Chekhov

literary

Pushkin

Eugene Onegin author

novel · protagonist · character · narrative · tragedy · poetry · rejection · unrequited · aristocrat · ingenue

Categories
Opposites
gender of name

TatianaIvan

Slavic masculine name

Nikolai · Alexei · Boris · Vladimir · Sergei

cultural/geographic origin

TatianaAisha

Arabic feminine name

Mei · Fatima · Sakura · Lakshmi · Ingrid

name type

TatianaSmith

Ubiquitous English surname

Johnson · Romanov · Jones · Williams · surname

Family

Titania, Tanya, Tatyana

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G