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) Hebrew ('תניא', it was taught) Latin ('tatius', great) Russian (Ruler, Regent) Sanskrit (Daughter) Persian (unique girl) Variant form(s) LaTanya
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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] Alexander Pushkin 's verse novel Eugene Onegin
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 producerMajor Tanya, stage name of Noelle Rose, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Tanya Acosta (born 1991), Argentine volleyball playerTanya Aguiñiga (born 1978), Mexican- American artist, designer, and activistTanya Atwater (born 1942), American geophysicist and marine geologistTanya Bardsley (born 1981), English model and reality television personalityTanya Bertoldi (born 1986), Argentine politicianTanya Jones Bosier (born 1973), American lawyer and judgeTanya Burr (born 1989), English vlogger and bloggerTanya Byron (born 1967), a British psychologistTanya Chan (born 1971), a legislator in Hong KongTanya Chisholm (born 1983), American actress and dancerTanya Christiansen , American mathematicianTanya Chua (born 1975), a singer in SingaporeTanya Chutkan (born 1962), American lawyer and juristTania Coleridge (born 1966), British model/Girl in Father Figure music videoTanya Compas , British activistTanya Donelly (born 1966), singer/guitarist for Throwing Muses , The Breeders , and Belly Tanya Dubnicoff (born 1969), Canadian track cyclistTanya Dziahileva (born 1991), Belarusian modelTanya Garcia (born 1981), Filipina television and film actressTanya 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 jumperTanya Hunks (born 1980), Canadian swimmerTanya Kappo , Canadian lawyer and Indigenous rights activistTanya Lokshina (born 1973), Russian human rights activistTanya Mercado (as known as Gina Lynn ) (born 1974), Puerto Rican pornographic actress
Tanya Moore (1955–1986), American murder victimTanya Zolotoroff Nash (1898–1987), Russian-American Deaf Rights activistTanya Neiman (1949–2006), American lawyer and activistTanya Oxley (born 1979), Barbadian track and field sprinterTanya Plibersek (born 1969), Australian politician and Minister for HealthTanya Ravichandran , Indian actressTanya Roberts (1949–2021), actressTanya Ryno , producerTanya Savicheva (1930–1944), Russian child diarist who died in 1944 during the Siege of Leningrad Tanya Snyder (born 1967), American businesswomanTanya Lee Stone (born 1965), American authorTanya Tagaq (born 1975), Canadian Inuk throat singerTanya Tate (born 1979), a US-UK porno actressTanya Taylor , Canadian fashion designerTanya Tucker (born 1958), American country music singerTanya Ury (born 1951), German activist, author and artistTanya Vyhovsky , American social worker and politicianTanya Wexler (born 1970), American film director
Fictional characters
Tan-ya, main character in Korean fantasy/mythology Arthdal Chronicles
Tanya, character in Jacqueline Wilson novel Bad Girls
Tanya , character in the Mortal Kombat Agent Tanya Adams , soldier in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert Tanya Adeola, a character from the television show Class
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 . ^ "Tanya" . namestatistics.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010 .
