Natasha

For other uses, see Natasha (disambiguation).

Natasha

Pronunciation	/nʌˈtɑːʃə/ nu-TAH-shə, /nəˈtæʃə/ nə-TASH-ə
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Italian Russian
Meaning	Birthday or born near Christmas

Natasha (Russian: Ната́ша) is a name of Russian origin. The name is the diminutive form of Natalia, which in turn derives from the Latin Dies Natalies, meaning "Natal Day" or "Birthday" in reference to the traditional birth of Jesus. It was traditionally given to girls born around Christmas. Natasha is also a common Zambian name from the bemba tribe,directly translated as "I thank you".

Notable people

• Natasha Aguilar, Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
• Natasha Arthy, Danish director and producer
• Natasha Beaumont, Australian actress born in Kuala Lumpur
• Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
• Natascha Bessez, American singer
• Natascha Börger, Miss Germany 2002, Miss Top Model of the World 2002, and Miss Baltic Sea 2002
• Natasha Bradley, R&B/Pop singer
• Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
• Natasha Collins, British actress and model
• Natasha Demkina, Russian girl who claimed to possess paranormal vision
• Natasha Desborough, radio presenter
• Natasha Dowie, English football player
• Natasha Eloi, Canadian television personality and videographer
• Natasha England, Scottish pop singer sometimes credited mononymously as Natasha
• Natasha Falle, Canadian human rights activist
• Natasha Fatah, Canadian Journalist
• Natasha Galkina, America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 Runner Up
• Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• Natasha Hamilton, British singer
• Natasha Henstridge, Canadian film actress
• Natasha Kaiser, American athlete
• Natasha Kaplinsky, British news presenter
• Natasha Khan, British singer known under her stage name Bat For Lashes
• Natasha Klauss, Columbian actress
• Natasha Kuchiki, American pairs figure skater
• Natasha Law, English artist
• Natasha Leggero, American stand-up comic and character actor
• Natasha Little, British actress
• Natasha Lyonne, American film actress
• Natascha Kampusch, an Austrian author who was kidnapped at the age of 10 years
• Natasha Marsh, Soprano Opera singer
• Natascha McElhone, British actress
• Natasha Melnick, American television and film actress
• Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
• Natasha Nic Gairbheith, former Miss Ireland
• Natasha Obama, (nicknamed Sasha) second daughter of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, see Family of Barack Obama#Malia Ann Obama and Sasha Obama
• Natasha Paracha, Miss Pakistan World 2008
• Natasha Poly, a Russian top model
• Natasha Pyne, British actress
• Natasha Richardson, Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family
• Natasha Shneider, Russian musician
• Natasha St. Pier, Canadian singer
• Natasha Stillwell, TV host and producer
• Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
• Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist
• Natasha Watley, American softball player
• Natasha Wightman, British actress
• Natasha Zlobina, Uzbekistan actress and model
• Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player

Fictional people

• Commander Natasha, a fictional character in Raj Comics
• Natasha Andersen, a fictional character in Hollyoaks
• Alexis Davis (born Natasha Cassadine), a character in the TV series General Hospital
• Natasha Fatale, a fictional character from Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, a fictional character from Marvel Comics
• Natasha Rostova, a character in the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Natasha Yar, a fictional character Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Tasha, the Greyhawk wizard who created the spell Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter.

Other Natashas

• Natasha (monkey), a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel
• Natasha's Story, a 1994 nonfiction novel
• "Natasha", a song on the 2003 album Want One by Rufus Wainwright
• Natacha (comics), a French comic about an air hostess

See also

• Natalie
• Natacha