Natalia (given name) explained
Natalia is a female given name with the original Late Latin meaning of "Christmas Day" (cf. Latin natale domini).[1]
It is currently used in this form in Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek (spelled Ναταλία), Russian, Ukrainian (spelled Nataliia), Bulgarian and Polish.[2] Other forms and spellings include Natalie/Nathalie (Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic), Natálie (Czech), Natália/Nathália (Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian), Natalya/Nataliya (Russian: Наталья/Наталия), Nataliya/Natalya (Ukrainian: Наталія/Наталя), Natallia (Belarusian: Наталля), (Latvian), (; Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, and Macedonian),[3] Natàlia (Catalan) and ნატალია (Georgian).
In Russian, a common diminutive is Natasha (Наташа).
Variants and derived forms of given name Natalia
- Nathalie: English, French, Dutch, German, Slovak, Scandinavian languages, Romanian, Finnish, Luxembourgish, Hungarian, Corsican, Czech, Catalan, Malagasy, Slovenian, Spanish, Latin, Estonian
- Nathaly : Spanish, English Nataly : English, Spanish Natalia, Nathalie, Natasha, Natasya, Natalya, Nathalie : Indonesian
- Natalyne : English Nataline : English, French, Scandinavian languages, Catalan, Corsican, Italian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Latin, Romanian, Estonian, Czech, Finnish, Slavic languages Natalis : Latin
Notable people
- Natalia Anciso (born 1985), American Chicana-Tejana contemporary artist and educator
- Natalia Avelon (born 1980), Polish-German actress and singer
- Natalia Barbu (born 1979), Moldovan singer
- Natalia Bardo (born 1988), Russian actress, singer and TV host
- Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980), Belgian singer
- Natalia Bessmertnova (1941–2008), Russian ballet dancer
- Natália Blahová (born 1974), Slovak politician
- Natalia Chatzigiannidou (born 1979), Greek footballer
- Natalia Damini, Brazilian singer
- Natália Dubovcová (born 1990), Slovak beach volleyball player
- Natalia Dyer (born 1995), American actress
- Natalia Germanou (born 1965), Greek songwriter, entertainer and journalist
- Natália Germáni (born 1993), Slovak actress
- Natalia Gheorghiu (1914–2001), Soviet Moldovan pediatric surgeon
- Natalia Gherman (born 1969), Moldovan politician
- Natalia Ghilascu (born 1980), Moldovan journalist
- Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991), Italian writer
- Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), Russian avant-garde artist
- Natalia Gordienko (born 1987), Moldovan singer
- Natália Grausová (born 1953), Slovak physician and politician
- Natalia Gudina (born 1977), Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater
- Natalia Hadjiloizou (born 1979), Cypriot swimmer
- Natalia Kills (born 1986), English singer and actress
- Natalia Komarova (born 1971), Russian-American applied mathematician
- Natalia Kuchinskaya (born 1949), Soviet Olympic gymnast
- Natalia Kucirkova (born 1985), Slovak academic
- Natalia Kukulska (born 1976), Polish singer
- Natalia Kusendova, Canadian politician
- Natalia Lafourcade (born 1984), Mexican singer-songwriter
- Natália Lage (born 1978), Brazilian actress
- Natalia Lashchenova (born 1973), Soviet Olympic gymnast
- Natalia Lesz (born 1981), Polish singer
- Natalia Livingston (born 1976), American actress
- Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 1966), Venezuelan orchestral conductor
- Natalia Makarova (born 1940), Russian prima ballerina and choreographer
- Nataliia Mandryk (born 1988), Ukrainian Paralympic wheelchair fencer
- Natalia Mashina (born 1997), Russian footballer
- Natália Milanová (born 1982), Slovakian politician
- Natalia Mohylevska (born 1975), Ukrainian singer
- Natalia Navarro (born 1987), Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
- Natalia Negru (1882–1962), Romanian poet and prose writer
- Natalia Oreiro (born 1977), Uruguayan singer and actress
- Natalia Osipova (born 1986), Russian ballerina
- Natalia Paruz, musical saw player
- Natália Pereira (born 1989), Brazilian volleyball player
- Natalia Pervaiz (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
- Natalia Podolskaya (born 1982), Belarusian singer
- Natalia Poklonskaya (born 1980), Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
- Natalia Roubina (born 1984), Cypriot swimmer
- Natali (singer) (born 1974), Russian singer
- Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982), Spanish singer
- Natalia Sedova (1882–1962), Russian marxist
- Natalia Shelikhova (1762-1810), Russian businesswoman
- Natalia Sokol (born 1980), Russian activist
- Natalia Șoșeva (born 1964), Moldovan pharmaceutical executive and politician
- Natalia Tena (born 1984), British actress
- Natalia Valevska (born 1981), Ukrainian singer and songwriter
- Natalia Valevskaya (fashion designer) Russian Haute Couture fashion designer and art historian
- Natalia Verbeke (born 1975), Argentine-Spanish actress
- Natalia Vodianova (born 1982), Russian model
- Natalia Yurchenko (born 1965), Soviet artistic gymnast
Fictional characters
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Susan Osborn. Susan Osborn (writer). What's in a Name?. November 1999. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-671-02555-7. 494.
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/natalie Natalie
- http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=natalie Names Related to Natalie
