Tanya (given name)
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| Tanya | |
| Gender: | Female |
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| Origin: | Russian |
| Meaning: | Short form of Tatiana |
| Pronunciation: |ˈtɑːnjə |
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Tanya is the Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
pet form or hypocoristic of Tatiana
Tatiana
Tatiana is a Slavic female name. The short form of the name is Tanya .The name honors Orthodox Saint Tatiana 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...
. It is now quite commonly used as an independent given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in the English-speaking world
Anglosphere
Anglosphere is a neologism which refers to those nations with English as the most common language. The term can be used more specifically to refer to those nations which share certain characteristics within their cultures based on a linguistic heritage, through being former British colonies...
.
Its popularity grew in many respects thanks to Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.It is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes . It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832...
, where the main character was Tatiana Larina, beloved by Onegin.
Variants include Tania
Tania
Tania may refer to several real or fictional people, such as:*Tamara Bunke aka "Tania", a communist revolutionary who died alongside Che Guevara*Patricia Hearst, who took the alias "Tania" in honor of Tamara Bunke* Tania , artist...
and Tonya (English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
spellings) and Tanja (German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Danish
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
, Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, Bosnian
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
, Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
, Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
, Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
and Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
).
It is the 237th most common name in the USA according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.
Tanya
- Tanya ChanTanya ChanTanya Chan Suk-chong is a Legislative Councillor and is a member of the Central and Western District Council of Hong Kong...
, a legislator in Hong Kong - Tanya ChuaTanya ChuaTanya Chua is a Golden Melody Award-winning Singaporean singer and songwriter.-Music career:A former business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997...
, a singer in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Tania Coleridge, British model/Girl in Father FigureFather Figure"Father Figure" is the U.S. number-one song written and performed by George Michael and released on Columbia Records in 1988 as the third single from the album Faith.-History:...
music video - Tanya DonellyTanya DonellyTanya Donelly is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh. She then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s...
, singer/guitarist for Throwing MusesThrowing MusesThrowing Muses is an alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects. The group was originally fronted by two lead singers, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, who both wrote the...
, The BreedersThe BreedersThe Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal , her twin sister Kelley Deal , Jose Medeles , Mando Lopez Todd the Fox...
, and BellyBelly (band)Belly was an alternative rock band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly and Fred Abong. The band was based in Boston, Massachusetts, though all of the original members grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. The band consisted of Donelly on lead vocals and guitar, Abong on bass,... - Tanya DubnicoffTanya DubnicoffTanya Dubnicoff is a retired track cyclist from Canada. She won four gold medals at the Pan American Games. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002...
, Canadian track cyclist - Tanya Dziahileva, Belarusian model
- Tanja GodinaTanja GodinaTanja Godina is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Slovenia. She was the only woman in the Slovenian Swimming Squad at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and also the youngest member .-References:*...
, Slovenian backstroke swimmer - Tanya HadenTanya Haden-Biography:Born in New York City, she was a member of several bands, including Let's Go Sailing, and is the creator of the Imaginary Bear puppet show. She has contributed to recordings of a number of Los Angeles musicians, including vocals and cello on Par Avion's EP, Pop Music United...
, daughter of jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
double bassist Charlie HadenCharlie HadenCharles Edward Haden is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman...
, wife of actor Jack BlackJack Black (actor)Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D. The group has two albums as well as a television series and a film. His acting career is extensive, starring primarily as bumbling, cocky, but internally... - Tanya HansenTanya HansenTanya Hansen is a pornographic actress.Recently Hansen has been producing porn movies with her company Tanya Hansen Productions. Pictures of her have appeared in numerous glossy erotic publications, such as Hustler, Busty Beauties, Cheri, High Society and Gents.She live in Halden in Norway.-...
, Norwegian pornographic actress. - Tanja HartTanja HartTanja Hart is a retired female volleyball player from Germany, who made her debut for the German Women's National Team in 1995...
, German volleyball player - Tanya HughesTanya HughesTanya Yvette Hughes is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on May 22, 1992, jumping 1.97 metres at a meet in Eugene, Oregon...
, American high jumper - Tanya HunksTanya HunksTanya Hunks is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a medley and freestyle specialist. After having won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games Hunks competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...
, Canadian swimmer - Tanya James (weather presenter), British weather presenter
- Tanya James (pornographic actress)Tanya James (pornographic actress)Tanya James is an American pornographic actress. She entered the adult film industry in 2002 and initially only appeared in girl–girl scenes, except for a few boy–girl scenes with her then-boyfriend...
, American pornographic actress - Tanya OxleyTanya OxleyTanya Oxley is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
, Barbadian track and field sprinter - Tanya Mercado (as known as Gina LynnGina LynnGina Lynn is a Puerto Rican pornographic actress.- Biography :Lynn was born to Puerto Rican and Italian parents in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, and grew up in Jackson Township, New Jersey; she currently resides and operates Gina Lynn Productions in Reading, Pennsylvania...
), Puerto Rican pornographic actress - Tanya RobertsTanya RobertsTanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
, actress - Tanya SavichevaTanya SavichevaTatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva , commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.- Early life :...
, RussianRussiansThe Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
child diarist who died in 1944 during the Siege of LeningradSiege of LeningradThe Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad, now known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. It started on 8 September 1941, when the last... - Tanya TateTanya TateTanya Tate is a British pornographic actress from Liverpool. She entered the British adult industry at the age of 30 in 2009 and now divides her time between London and Los Angeles.Tate also writes a regular column for British adult magazine ‘Ravers DVD’....
, British pornographic actress - Tanya TuckerTanya TuckerTanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
, American country music singer - Tanja TzarovskaTanja TzarovskaTanja Tzarovska is a singer, song-writer and composer. She lives in London, United Kingdom. As well as being described by her fans as “the girl with the angelic voice”, she also writes original songs in English as well as singing traditional songs in her own language, specialising in Balkan and...
, Macedonian singer - Tanja SavicTanja SavicTanja Savić is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing on a first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six....
, Serbian singer - Tanja PoutiainenTanja PoutiainenTanja Poutiainen is a Finnish alpine ski racer, the silver medalist in the women's giant slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino....
, Finnish athlete - Tanja Karpela, Finnish politician
Tonya
- Tonja Buford-BaileyTonja Buford-BaileyTonja Buford-Bailey is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. She competed as Tonja Buford until marrying Victor Bailey on October 28, 1995...
, American athlete - Tonja Christensen, American model
- Tonya CooleyTonya CooleyTonya Cooley was a cast member on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: Chicago, the 11th season of The Real World, which aired in 2002. She has since been a regular on the spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, participating in eight challenges as of 2009...
, American model - Tonya Crews, American model
- Tonya CroweTonya CroweTonya Crowe is an American actress, best known for playing Olivia Cunningham on Knots Landing during the 1980's.-References:...
, American actress - Tonya EdwardsTonya EdwardsTonya Edwards is a former professional basketball player and is currently a college coach.- Professional career :...
, American basketball coach - Tonya EngstTonya EngstTonya Engst is a technology writer and editor who resides in Ithaca, New York, United States, where she grew up and went to college at Cornell University....
, American technology writer - Tonya HardingTonya HardingTonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...
, American ice skater - Tonya HurleyTonya HurleyTonya Hurley is an American writer and director in film, television, live performance, interactive media and the New York Times bestselling author of the book series ghostgirl...
, American writer and director - Tonya KayTonya KayTonya Kay is an American actress, television personality, and performance artist appearing in independent films and episodic television. Her background includes performing stunts and what she refers to as "danger arts", which consist of knife throwing and whip cracking...
, American actress and dancer - Tonya KnightTonya KnightTonya Knight is an American former IFBB professional female bodybuilder.-Background:Knight was a regular on American Gladiators as Gold from 1989 to 1992 until she left due to an injury to her left knee....
, American bodybuilder - Tonya MassalineTonya MassalineTonya Massaline was a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association .At the University of Florida, Massaline excelled for the Florida Gators. She graduated in 2000 and played for Indiana.-External links:*...
, American basketball player - Tonya PinkinsTonya PinkinsTonya Pinkins is an American actress and author known for her portrayal of Livia Frye on the soap opera All My Children and for her roles on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award.-Biography:...
, American actress - Tonya RouseTonya RouseTonya Rouse is a former TV personality and a Fitness Specialist on Citytv in Toronto. She was also the host for the show Perfect Fit Thursdays @ 5:00 PM EST on CP24...
, Canadian television journalist - Tonya SchuitmakerTonya SchuitmakerTonya Schuitmaker is a Republican politician and member of the Michigan State Senate. Prior to her election to this position, she served three terms in the Michigan State House of Representatives...
, American politician - Tonya VerbeekTonya VerbeekTonya Verbeek is a Canadian wrestler.-Sports career:She was born in Grimsby, Ontario. She took up wrestling in grade eleven and was undefeated throughout high school in Beamsville, Ontario. She trains at Brock University in St...
, Canadian wrestler - Tonja WalkerTonja WalkerTonja Walker is a former beauty pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA pageant, an actress, and a singer. She is known for her role as Alex Olanov on One Life to Live and for her role as Olivia St. John Jerome on General Hospital.-Career:Walker held the Miss Teen All-American title...
, American beauty pageant contestant - Tonya Lee WilliamsTonya Lee WilliamsTonya Lee Williams is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Barber Winters on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, from 1990 to 2005, and for a brief time in 2007. She returned to the series in the fall of 2008.-Early life:Williams was born in London, England to...
, Canadian actress