The baby name Tajana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ta-YAH-nah (IPA: /taˈjana/).
The baby name Tajana is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ta-YAH-nah (IPA: /taˈjana/).
Tajana is Arabic, Slavic in Origin.
Tajana is a South Slavic feminine given name, a local variant of Tatjana/Tatiana, ultimately from the Roman family name Tatius via Tatianus/Tatiana. The root refers to the Sabine king Titus Tatius; as such, the meaning is typically understood as “belonging to (the house of) Tatius,” with no independent lexical sense in Slavic. The name spread across the Christian world through the veneration of Saint Tatiana of Rome, a 3rd-century martyr whose feast on January 12 remains notable in Eastern Europe (e.g., Russian Students’ Day).
Documented in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Slovenia since the 20th century, Tajana peaked in mid- to late-century civil records and remains familiar though uncommon today. Related forms include Tatjana (South Slavic, German, Scandinavian), Tatyana (Russian), Tatiana (English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), and the diminutives Tanya/Tania/Tanja. Short forms used with Tajana include Taja.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI | 0 | #80 | 1 | 1,612 | |
| RS | 0 | #83 | 2 | 923 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #93 | 436 | 3,687 |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| HR | 0 | #108 | 80 | 2,081 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #133 | 5 | 1,651 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #175 | 3 | 2,769 |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| BR | 0 | #360 | 1 | 5,969 | |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #811 | 28 | 4,949 |
| United States | Girls | 2004 | #912 | 5 | 9,828 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,435 | 12 | 9,415 |
Tajana is popular in 23 countries — most recent births per country:
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