Tatiana Explained
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|Tatsyana in Belarusian pronounced as /taˈt͡sʲːana/
- Bulgarian: Татяна|Tatyana
- German: Tatjana
- Greek, Modern (1453-);: Τατιάνα|Tatiána
- Polish: Tacjana in Polish pronounced as /taˈt͡sjana/
- Russian: Татья́на|Tat'yána, Tatiana pronounced as /ru/
- Serbian: Татјана|Tatjana
- Ukrainian: Тетя́на|[[Tetyana|Tetyána]] pronounced as /uk/[2]
Variations of the name
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
Royalty and nobility
In modeling
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
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
Others
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- 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
- , 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 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
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks. Patrick. Hardcastle. Kate . Hodges. Flavia. 2006. Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press . 257. 0-19-861060-2.
- Web site: Tatiana . Campbell . Mike . behindthename.com . Behind the Name . 17 June 2023 .
- Web site: Tatiana . Campbell . Mike . behindthename.com . Behind the Name . 17 June 2023 .
- Maylunas, Andrei, and Mironenko, Sergei, editors; Galy, Darya, translator, A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story, 1997, p. 163
