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The baby name Tanya is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAHN-yə.

Tanya is Latin, Russian in Origin.

Gender: Girl
Syllables: 2
Origin: Latin, Russian
Pronunciation: TAHN-yə

What is the meaning of the name Tanya ?

The baby name Tanya is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAHN-yə.

Tanya is Latin, Russian in Origin.

Tanya is the Russian and wider Slavic pet form of Tatiana, written Таня in Russian. Tatiana is the feminine of Latin Tatianus, a Roman family name formed with the adjectival suffix -anus from Tatius, the name of the Sabine king Titus Tatius. No reliable lexical meaning is attached to Tatius; at the usable name level, Tanya functions as an affectionate short form, roughly little Tatiana.

Russian usage was reinforced by Saint Tatiana, venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy, and by Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, whose Tatiana Larina helped make Tanya familiar beyond Slavic languages. English use grew from the 1930s, later joined by spellings such as Tania and Tanja. Czech Táňa, Portuguese Tânia, Ukrainian Tetyana, and South Slavic Tatjana show regional adaptation; in Zimbabwe, Tanya may also shorten Shona Tanyaradzwa, a separate name meaning we have been comforted.

Tanya has the following similar or variant Names

Famous people with the name Tanya

Tanya Roberts Actor · Born 1949 · United States Tanya Roberts was an American actress best known for playing Julie Rogers on Charlie's Angels and Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show. She also appeared as Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill and starred in Sheena: Queen of the Jungle. Tanya Reynolds Actor · Born 1991 · United Kingdom Tanya Reynolds is an English actress best known for playing Lily Iglehart in Sex Education. She has also appeared in Delicious, I Hate You, and The Decameron.

Tanya – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2016 #1 — 921
TM 0 #4 1 66
FJ Girls 0 #9 1 583
BW 0 #18 2 960
NA 0 #25 9 2,537
BG Girls 0 #26 469 3,559
RU Girls 0 #30 7,185 11,913
TM Girls 0 #30 6 574
BG 0 #31 54 1,799
MD 0 #32 3 434
BI Girls 0 #33 1 726
EE 0 #34 4 1,051
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
ID 0 #39 1 2,238
MT 0 #41 3 1,767
RU 0 #43 300 3,641
MO 0 #51 2 2,706
JM 0 #53 35 3,714
PR 0 #54 2 1,497
CY 0 #56 5 1,632
JM Girls 0 #56 340 7,507
ZA 0 #57 573 14,421
KZ 0 #59 33 1,452
KZ Girls 0 #62 718 5,862
MD Girls 0 #64 27 865
LU 0 #65 2 2,830
IN 0 #69 3 2,963
AZ Girls 0 #72 4 1,051
AF 0 #75 2 1,883
CN 0 #76 10 3,857
JP 0 #76 2 4,057
SI 0 #79 2 1,612
PH 0 #80 17 5,607
MT Girls 0 #89 64 3,773
AF Girls 0 #90 5 2,402
IQ 0 #93 37 3,533
CY Girls 0 #98 24 3,755
TW 0 #98 6 4,523
ID Girls 0 #100 3 3,319
IL Girls 0 #101 1,343 11,648
QA 0 #102 5 7,011
GE Girls 0 #107 2 1,564
GE Boys 0 #110 1 2,055
BN Girls 0 #113 2 5,459
EC 0 #114 8 2,502
KW 0 #118 4 5,216
OM 0 #118 4 6,215
PS Girls 0 #122 846 10,981
EE Girls 0 #125 14 1,888
GR 0 #129 7 3,911
IQ Girls 0 #129 696 11,303
MU 0 #130 8 3,613
PA 0 #133 6 3,797
Norway Girls 2009 #135 4 532
RS Girls 0 #135 3 1,651
BW Girls 0 #137 12 4,216
BN Boys 0 #139 1 6,332
PS 0 #139 80 5,692
JO 0 #140 1 2,158
CR 0 #145 14 5,526
AE 0 #146 32 10,220
PR Girls 0 #148 14 3,171
ZA Girls 0 #154 3,650 25,928
IL 0 #156 128 6,291
NA Girls 0 #159 66 7,146
LU Girls 0 #172 14 4,850
HU Boys 0 #173 2 3,954
SI Girls 0 #176 2 2,769
Sweden Girls 2021 #179 5 1,666
HR 0 #180 2 2,081
CZ 0 #181 6 3,154
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
DK 0 #183 21 5,198
EC Girls 0 #189 51 3,650
AO Girls 0 #190 20 4,575
AR 0 #193 1 2,915
LT Girls 0 #197 4 1,904
Austria 0 #204 10 850
IQ Boys 0 #205 897 13,071
PL 0 #210 3 2,600
GR Girls 0 #213 30 6,293
BG Boys 0 #219 2 3,850
HU Girls 0 #219 7 3,308
JP Girls 0 #221 25 6,592
IR 0 #226 6 4,221
AL Girls 0 #227 1 4,141
TW Girls 0 #232 45 8,139
PT 0 #233 14 4,161
BD 0 #235 7 5,992
DK Girls 0 #235 83 7,429
EC Boys 0 #246 1 3,322
SG 0 #248 22 11,010
MO Girls 0 #255 9 7,056
TW Boys 0 #256 1 7,111
QA Girls 0 #260 57 15,378
CN Girls 0 #262 88 8,829
MU Girls 0 #269 83 8,539
CZ Girls 0 #272 71 5,378
GR Boys 0 #272 2 6,912
HR Girls 0 #274 16 3,687
Canada Girls 2024 #276 10 2,795
JO Girls 0 #280 46 7,570
KZ Boys 0 #280 10 6,578
IN Girls 0 #290 415 13,121
JM Boys 0 #290 4 6,876
PH Girls 0 #293 99 13,098
SA 0 #307 6 10,560
PL Girls 0 #310 45 5,096
MY 0 #319 12 12,352
PE 0 #326 4 6,350
CN Boys 0 #330 2 9,639
Finland Girls 0 #331 61 1,368
MX 0 #331 83 8,339
GH Girls 0 #333 5 6,973
HK 0 #336 13 8,483
GT 0 #337 2 5,948
OM Girls 0 #342 55 15,987
NL 0 #348 44 2,481
SD Girls 0 #351 8 7,678
BD Girls 0 #355 32 8,413
IT Girls 0 #358 3,206 9,415
BR 0 #360 1 5,969
PT Girls 0 #361 92 7,952
Austria Girls 0 #367 54 1,885
MU Boys 0 #369 1 8,477
AE Girls 0 #371 183 20,968
CL 0 #371 41 6,867
France Girls 2021 #376 30 3,185
PT Boys 0 #381 1 7,951
JO Boys 0 #387 3 7,057
YE 0 #398 1 8,639
PH Boys 0 #403 6 11,440
Germany 0 #404 34 2,542
BO 0 #406 3 6,868
EG 0 #407 6 6,387
Spain 0 #413 40 2,326
UY Boys 0 #413 1 5,922
CR Girls 0 #420 113 11,342
PA Girls 0 #440 42 9,861
RU Boys 0 #449 57 12,621
SG Girls 0 #452 135 18,916
IR Girls 0 #453 78 8,334
KW Girls 0 #454 62 19,177
CO 0 #462 19 7,768
GT Girls 0 #476 30 7,500
UY Girls 0 #491 20 6,731
HK Girls 0 #502 114 16,104
PA Boys 0 #505 1 9,305
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
BH 0 #515 39 17,937
CM Girls 0 #529 12 11,671
IT 0 #534 184 4,183
CM Boys 0 #540 11 12,054
LY 0 #554 6 12,703
HK Boys 0 #557 1 12,905
PS Boys 0 #558 4 10,655
IR Boys 0 #565 1 10,162
Spain Girls 0 #573 463 5,561
Finland Girls 2026 #575 174 3,895
AR Girls 0 #585 15 8,289
Germany Girls 0 #585 270 4,949
LB 0 #589 70 13,263
BO Girls 0 #597 15 9,488
BD Boys 0 #602 4 10,045
NL Girls 0 #613 359 5,933
IL Boys 0 #618 8 10,983
CL Girls 0 #648 207 14,098
MX Girls 0 #648 709 17,781
CL Boys 0 #699 2 13,390
SY 0 #717 12 11,684
SG Boys 0 #735 5 17,960
QA Boys 0 #740 4 18,093
NG Girls 0 #760 27 15,093
SA Girls 0 #773 163 25,931
BR Boys 0 #785 1 12,213
TR 0 #792 506 19,440
KW Boys 0 #803 4 18,755
TN 0 #819 11 13,765
BR Girls 0 #868 74 12,708
United States Girls 2024 #872 45 8,487
PE Girls 0 #874 70 14,861
EG Girls 0 #891 69 14,742
OM Boys 0 #914 5 17,948
EG Boys 0 #924 2 15,035
MY Girls 0 #945 50 24,821
CO Girls 0 #963 116 16,140
IN Boys 0 #978 24 16,750
CO Boys 0 #981 1 15,656
NG Boys 0 #999 3 16,906
MX Boys 0 #1,029 5 16,355
MA 0 #1,080 49 20,986
MY Boys 0 #1,101 11 25,439
ZA Boys 0 #1,111 68 25,619
DZ 0 #1,117 60 20,130
AE Boys 0 #1,140 4 22,615
IT Boys 0 #1,460 12 10,046
SA Boys 0 #1,597 18 28,008

Tanya is popular in 91 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom
Norway
Canada

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People also ask about Tanya

Tanya is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Tanya is a 2 syllable name, pronounced TAHN-yə.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Tania, Tanja, Táňa, Tânia, Tatyana and Tatiana.
Yes, very popular — Tanya ranked #1 in Ireland in 2016, and appears in official birth registries across 9 countries.
Tanya ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2016).
Yes — 2 notable people named Tanya are in our database, including Tanya Roberts (Actor), Tanya Reynolds (Actor).