Tatiana
 An icon of Saint Tatiana. | |
| Pronunciation | taht ee AHN ah |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Roman |
| Meaning | Roman clan name "Tatius" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Tanya |
Tatiana (Template:Lang-ru; also romanized as Tatyana or Tatjana, with other variations like Tatianna, Tatijana, and Tateyanna) is a Slavic female name derived from the Roman name Tatianus, which was derived from the Roman clan name Tatius. Titus Tatius was a king. The short form of the name is Tanya (Template:Lang-ru).
The name honors Orthodox Saint Tatiana (Святая Татьяна, Svyataya Tat'yana) who was tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Alexander Severus c.230 in Rome. Saint Tatiana is also considered a patron saint of students. Hence, Tatiana Day is now an official school holiday for students in Russia.
Tatiana Larina is the heroine of Alexander Pushkin's celebrated novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin. In the poem Pushkin suggests that the name Tatiana was more common for peasants than for well-born women in the early 19th century. The poem was and continues to be extremely popular in Russia. The character of Tatiana Larina inspired the names of two Romanovs: Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia and her distant cousin Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.
Notable people
In Christianity:
- Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyr
In modeling:
- Tatiana Dante, fashion model and America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 candidate
- Tatiana Cotliar, Argentine Model
- Tatiana Sorokko, Russian Model
- Tatjana Patitz, German Model
In television and film:
- Tatiana (singer), Mexican singer and children's television show host
- Tatiana Dadovich, actress, film composer, and singer
- Tatyana Ali, actress and singer
- Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress
- Tatiana Papamoschou, Greek actress
- Tatjana Simić, Dutch actress and singer
- Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek television host
In sport:
- Tatyana Alekseyeva, Russian 400 metre runner
- Tatyana Biryulina, Soviet javelin thrower
- Tathiana Garbin, Italian tennis player
- Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player of Russian origin
- Tatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete of Russian origin
- Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian Olympic Gymnast
- Tatyana Konstantinova, Russian hammer thrower
- Tatiana Lemos, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Tatyana Lesovaya, Russian discus thrower
- Tatjana Malek, German tennis player
- Tatiana Panova, Russian tennis player
- Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
- Tatyana Polovinskaya, Ukrainian long-distance runner
- Tatiana Poutchek, Belarusian tennis player
- Tatyana Skatchko, Russian long jumper
- Tatyana Sudarikova, Kyrgyzstani javelin thrower
In music:
- Tatiana Dadovich, composer, actor, and singer
- Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano
- Tatiana Bulanova, Russian pop singer
- Tatiana Cameron, Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci")
- Tatiana von Furstenberg, daughter of Prince Egon and Princess Diane Von Furstenberg; singer in the band Playdate
- Tatiana DeMaria, English musician
- Tatiana Okupnik, Polish singer, based in London
In politics:
In literature and fiction:
- Tatyana Tolstaya, modern Russian writer, granddaughter of Aleksey Tolstoy
- Tatiana Larina, the love interest in Alexander Pushkin's celebrated novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin
- Tatiana Romanova, James Bond's love interest in the 1963 movie From Russia with Love'
- Tatiana Taylor, character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
- Tatiana Wisla, character in the anime series Last Exile
- Tatiana de Rosnay, an author of the fiction "Sarah's Key"
In other uses:
- Tatiana was a Siberian tiger involved in two San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks resulting in one human fatality and Tatiana's shooting death
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