Natasha

For other uses, see Natasha (disambiguation).

Natasha

Pronunciation	/nəˈtæʃə/ nə-TASH-ə
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Latin Slavic
Meaning	Birth Day

Natasha (Template:Lang-ru) is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia. It was traditionally given to girls born in December.

Notable people

• Natasha, the subject of Natasha's Story, a 1994 nonfiction book
• Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer
• Natascha Artin Brunswick (1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer
• Natasha Arthy (born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer
• Natascha Badmann (born 1966), Swiss triathlete
• Natasha Barrett (disambiguation), several people
• Natasha Beaumont (born 1974), Malaysian-Australian actress
• Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), British singer
• Natascha Bessez (born 1986), American singer
• Natascha Börger (born 1981), Venezuelan-German model
• Natasha Bradley (born 1988), American singer
• Natasha Chmyreva (born 1958), Russian tennis player
• Natasha Chokljat (born 1979), Australian netball player
• Natasha Collins (1976–2008), British actress and model
• Natasha Demkina (born 1987), Russian woman who claimed to possess paranormal vision
• Natasha Desborough (born 1974), English radio presenter
• Natasha Dowie (born 1988), English football player
• Natasha Eloi, English-Canadian television personality and videographer
• Natasha England (born 1952), Scottish singer, sometimes credited mononymously as Natasha
• Natasha Falle (born 1973), Canadian human rights activist
• Natasha Fatah, Canadian journalist
• Natasha Gajewski, American chief executive officer
• Natasha Gregson Wagner (born 1970), American actress
• Natasha Hamilton (born 1982), British singer
• Natasha Henstridge (born 1974), Canadian actress
• Natascha Janakieva (born 1951), Bulgarian canoer
• Natasha Kaiser (born 1967), American athlete
• Natascha Kampusch (born 1988), Austrian author who was abducted as a child
• Natasha Kaplinsky (born 1972), British news presenter
• Natascha Keller (born 1977), German field hockey player
• Natasha Khan (born 1979), British singer, known under her stage name Bat for Lashes
• Natasha Klauss (born 1975), Colombian actress
• Natasha Kuchiki (born 1976), American figure skater
• Natasha Law (born 1970), English artist
• Natasha Leggero (born 1974), American stand-up comic and actor
• Natasha Little (born 1969), British actress
• Natasha Lyonne (born 1979), American actress
• Natasha Marsh (born 1975), Welsh opera singer
• Natascha McElhone (born 1969), British actress
• Natascha McNamara (born 1935), Australian academic, activist, and researcher
• Natasha Melnick (born 1984), American actress
• Na Ying (born 1967), Chinese vocalist, otherwise known as Natasha Na
• Natasha Negovanlis (born 1990), Canadian actress and singer
• Natasha Nic Gairbheith (born 1981), Irish beauty pageant
• Natasha Obama (born 2001), second daughter of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
• Natasha Paracha (born 1984), Pakistani beauty pageant
• Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
• Natasha Pyne (born 1946), British actress
• Natasha Reid (born 1981), birth name of American-South Korean singer Yoon Mi-rae
• Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), English actress
• Natasha Shneider (1956–2008), Russian musician
• Natasha St-Pier (born 1981), Canadian singer
• Natasha Stillwell, Scottish-Canadian television host and producer
• Natasha Stott Despoja (born 1969), Australian politician
• Natasha Suvorova (born 1990), Russian academic, musician, socialite and alleged mobster
• Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian pianist
• Natasha Watley (born 1981), American softball player
• Natasha Wightman (born 1973), British actress
• Natasha Zvereva (born 1971), Belarusian tennis player

Fictional characters

• Natasha (Sesame Street), a Muppet in the television series Sesame Street
• Commander Natasha, a character in Raj Comics
• Natasha Andersen, a character in the television series Hollyoaks
• Natasha Blakeman, a character in the television series Coronation Street
• Alexis Davis (born Natasha Cassadine), a character in the television series General Hospital
• Natasha Fatale, a character in the animated cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Natasha Romanova, also known as Black Widow, a character from Marvel Comics
• Natasha Rostova, a character in the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Tasha Yar, a character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Tasha (Dungeons & Dragons), a Greyhawk wizard in the video game Dungeons & Dragons

Notable animals

• Natasha (monkey), a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel

See also

• Natalie (given name)
• Natacha (given name)