Tatiana (name)

Tatiana (Template:Lang-ru; alternative spellings include Tatyana, Tatianna, Tatijana, and Tateyanna) is a Slavic female name. The short form of the name is Tanya (Template:Lang-ru). The name can affectionately be abbreviated to Tanyshka, Tanechka, Tat'yanka, etc.

The name honours 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.

There is a theory that the name "Tatiana" comes from Titus Tatius (Latin), a name of a king.

People called Tatiana or Tatyana

• Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyr
• Tatiana, Mexican singer and children's television show host
• Tatyana Alekseyeva, retired Russian 400 metre runner
• Tatyana Ali, actress and singer
• Tatiana Belinky, Brazilian children's book writer
• Tatyana Biryulina, Soviet javelin thrower
• Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano
• Tatiana Bulanova, Russian pop singer
• Tatiana Cameron, Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci")
• Tathiana Garbin, Italian tennis player
• Tatiana Golovin, a French tennis player who was born in Moscow, Russia
• Tatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete of Russian origin
• Tatiana von Furstenberg, daughter of Prince Egon and Princess Diane Von Furstenberg; singer in the band Playdate
• Tatiana Lemos, Brazilian freestyle swimmer
• Tatyana Lesovaya, retired Russian discuss thrower
• Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
• Tatyana Polovinskaya, Ukrainian long-distance runner
• Tatiana Romanova, James Bond's love interest in the 1963 movie, From Russia With Love.
• Tatjana Simić, Dutch actress and singer
• Tatyana Skatchko, retired Russian long jumper
• Tatiana Taylor, character in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
• Tatiana (Silvia Braga) Tavares, Miss Belgium 2005.
• Tatyana Tolstaya, modern Russian writer, granddaughter of Aleksey Tolstoy
• Tatiana Wisla, character in the anime series Last Exile.
• Tatyana D. Webster,Singer and goes to Alexander Von Humboldt Elementary.
• Tatiana Maslany Canadian actress.

Animals named Tatiana

• Tatiana (tiger), a Siberian tiger involved in attacks on four humans (including one fatal attack) at San Francisco Zoo.

Things titled Tatiana

• Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is a book by Olivia Judson

See also

• Tanya (given name)