The baby name Natalija is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced nah-TAH-lee-yah.
Natalija is Slavic in Origin.
The baby name Natalija is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced nah-TAH-lee-yah.
Natalija is Slavic in Origin.
Natalija is the South and East Slavic and Baltic cognate of Latin Natalia, from Latin natalis "birth; birthday", especially dies natalis Domini, "the Lord’s birthday", hence "of the Nativity" or "born at Christmas". Through Christian liturgy and the veneration of Saint Natalia of Nicomedia, the name spread across the Balkans and the wider Russian sphere, appearing in courtly and literary circles by the 18th and 19th centuries and remaining steadily popular through the 20th century. In Cyrillic it appears as Наталија in Serbian and Macedonian.
Variants and related forms include Natalia (international standard), Natalya/Nataliya (Russian), Nataliia (Ukrainian), Belarusian Natallia, Nataliya/Natalia (Bulgarian), Natalija (Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian), and Latvian Natālija and Lithuanian Natalija. Common diminutives are Nata and Nataša/Natasha, some used independently. The name often carries festive, hopeful connotations tied to Christmas and new beginnings.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 0 | #41 | 3 | 1,767 | |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #41 | 192 | 2,769 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #46 | 504 | 1,904 |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #46 | 168 | 1,651 |
| RS | 0 | #52 | 37 | 923 | |
| LT | 0 | #57 | 31 | 949 | |
| SI | 0 | #62 | 18 | 1,612 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #68 | 761 | 3,687 |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| HR | 0 | #106 | 82 | 2,081 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 31 | 1,888 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #123 | 3 | 3,755 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #127 | 9 | 1,786 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #150 | 4 | 3,773 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #152 | 3 | 2,277 |
| RU | 0 | #179 | 11 | 3,641 | |
| Sweden | Girls | 2021 | #181 | 3 | 1,666 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #188 | 3 | 4,850 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #217 | 134 | 5,378 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #221 | 5 | 3,308 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #229 | 3 | 3,559 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #248 | 2 | 6,293 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #255 | 5 | 3,997 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| Canada | Girls | 2016 | #304 | 5 | 2,798 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #311 | 10 | 5,862 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #321 | 9 | 7,429 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #326 | 29 | 5,096 |
| PE | 0 | #329 | 1 | 6,350 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #356 | 65 | 1,885 |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #379 | 13 | 1,368 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #395 | 138 | 8,334 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #402 | 97 | 11,913 |
| France | Girls | 2016 | #406 | 3 | 3,228 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| Germany | 0 | #427 | 11 | 2,542 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #592 | 6 | 20,968 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #641 | 5 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #687 | 153 | 4,949 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #705 | 34 | 3,895 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #909 | 47 | 5,933 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #912 | 5 | 8,487 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #961 | 23 | 5,561 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,262 | 185 | 9,415 |
Natalija is popular in 46 countries — most recent births per country:
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