Natalia (given name)

Natalia

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin, Greek, Slavic
Meaning	Christmas Day

Natalia is a female given name with the original Late Latin meaning of "Christmas Day" (cf. Latin natale domini).

It is currently used in this form in Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek (spelled Ναταλία), Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Polish. Other forms and spellings include Natalie/Nathalie (Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Icelandic), Natálie (Czech), Natália/Nathália (Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian), Natalya/Nataliya (Template:Lang-ru), Nataliya/Natalya (Template:Lang-uk), Natallia (Template:Lang-be), Natālija (Latvian), Natalija (Cyrillic: Наталија; Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, and Macedonian), Natàlia (Catalan) and ნატალია (Georgian).

In Russian, a common diminutive is Natasha (Наташа).

Variants and derived forms of given name Natalia

• Nathalie: English, French, Dutch, German, Slovak, Scandinavian languages, Romanian, Finnish, Luxembourgish, Hungarian, Corsican, Czech, Catalan, Malagasy, Slovenian, Spanish, Latin, Estonian
• Nathaly : Spanish, English
• Nataly : English, Spanish
• Natalia, Nathalie, Natasha, Natasya : Indonesian
• Natalyne : English
• Nataline : English, French, Scandinavian languages, Catalan, Corsican, Italian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Latin, Romanian, Estonian, Czech, Finnish, Slavic languages
• Natalis : Latin

Notable people

• Natalia Anciso (born 1985), American Chicana-Tejana contemporary artist and educator
• Natalia Avelon (born 1980), Polish-German actress and singer
• Natalia Barbu (born 1979), Moldovan singer
• Natalia Bardo (born 1988), Russian actress, singer and TV host
• Natalia (Belgian singer) (born 1980), Belgian singer
• Natalia Bessmertnova (1941–2008), Russian ballet dancer

• Natália Blahová (born 1974), Slovak politician
• Natalia Chatzigiannidou (born 1979), Greek footballer
• Natalia Damini, Brazilian singer
• Natália Dubovcová (born 1990), Slovak beach volleyball player
• Natalia Dyer (born 1995), American actress
• Natalia Germanou (born 1965), Greek songwriter, entertainer and journalist
• Natália Germáni (born 1993), Slovak actress
• Natalia Gheorghiu (1914–2001), Soviet Moldovan pediatric surgeon
• Natalia Gherman (born 1969), Moldovan politician
• Natalia Ghilascu (born 1980), Moldovan journalist
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991), Italian writer
• Natalia Goncharova (1881–1962), Russian avant-garde artist
• Natália Grausová (born 1953), Slovak physician and politician
• Natalia Gudina (born 1977), Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater
• Natalia Hadjiloizou (born 1979), Cypriot swimmer
• Natalia Kills (born 1986), English singer and actress
• Natalia Komarova (born 1971), Russian-American applied mathematician
• Natalia Kuchinskaya (born 1949), Soviet Olympic gymnast
• Natalia Kucirkova (born 1985), Slovak academic
• Natalia Kukulska (born 1976), Polish singer
• Natalia Kusendova, Canadian politician
• Natalia Lafourcade (born 1984), Mexican singer-songwriter
• Natália Lage (born 1978), Brazilian actress
• Natalia Lashchenova (born 1973), Soviet Olympic gymnast
• Natalia Lesz (born 1981), Polish singer
• Natalia Livingston (born 1976), American actress
• Natalia Luis-Bassa (born 1966), Venezuelan orchestral conductor
• Natalia Makarova (born 1940), Russian prima ballerina and choreographer
• Nataliia Mandryk (born 1988), Ukrainian Paralympic wheelchair fencer
• Natalia Mashina (born 1997), Russian footballer
• Natália Milanová (born 1982), Slovakian politician
• Natalia Navarro (born 1987), Colombian beauty pageant titleholder
• Natalia Negru (1882–1962), Romanian poet and prose writer
• Natalia Oreiro (born 1977), Uruguayan singer and actress
• Natalia Osipova (born 1986), Russian ballerina
• Natalia Paruz, musical saw player
• Natália Pereira (born 1989), Brazilian volleyball player
• Natalia Pervaiz (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
• Natalia Podolskaya (born 1982), Belarusian singer
• Natalia Poklonskaya (born 1980), Ukrainian-born Russian lawyer, politician and diplomat
• Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
• Natalia Roubina (born 1984), Cypriot swimmer
• Natali (singer) (born 1974), Russian singer
• Natalia (Spanish singer) (born 1982), Spanish singer
• Natalia Sedova (1882–1962), Russian marxist
• Natalia Shelikhova (1762-1810), Russian businesswoman
• Natalia Sokol (born 1980), Russian activist
• Natalia Șoșeva (born 1964), Moldovan pharmaceutical executive and politician
• Natalia Tena (born 1984), British actress
• Natalia Valevska (born 1981), Ukrainian singer and songwriter
• Natalia Valevskaya (fashion designer) Russian Haute Couture fashion designer and art historian
• Natalia Verbeke (born 1975), Argentine-Spanish actress
• Natalia Vodianova (born 1982), Russian model
• Natalia Yurchenko (born 1965), Soviet artistic gymnast

Fictional characters

• Natalia, the protagonist of The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda
• Natalia Arlovskaya, the given name for the national personification of Belarus from the anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Natalia Arron in the young adult novel Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
• Natalia Boa Vista in CSI: Miami
• Natalia Dragomiroff in Agatha Christie's novel Murder on the Orient Express
• Natalia Kaminski in the light novel and anime Fate/Zero
• Natalia Kowalski, character in the video game Lego City Undercover
• Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear in the video game Tales of the Abyss
• Natalia Romanova in the Marvel universe, alias Natasha Romanoff and Black Widow
• Natalia "Natasha" Rostova in War and Peace
• Natalia Shulmenski in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Prom
• Natalia Alexander in the Mexican teen drama Control Z
• Natalia "Talia", the fiancée of Mischa Bachinski from the musical Ride the Cyclone
• Natalia "Naty" Vidal in the Disney Channel Latin America series Violetta

See also

• Natalee
• Nathalie
• Natalya
• Natasha
• Natacha