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Tatiana (Russian: Татьяна; also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatianna, Tatijana, etc.) is a Slavic female name. The short form of the name is Tanya (Russian: Таня).
Origin
Tatiana is a female name of Sabine and Latin origin, feminine diminutive of the Sabine-Latin name Tatius.Titus Tatius was the name of a king of the Sabines, a people living near Rome in VIIIth century b.C. The Romans having met with the Sabines, Tatius remained in use in Ancient Rome and during the first centuries of Christianity, as well as its diminutive Tatianus and the feminine Tatiana. Il then disappeared in Western Europe, but remained in the hellenic world, and later in the orthodox world, including Russia. 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. Hence, Tatiana Day is now an official school holiday for students in Russia.
Tatiana in fictions; impact of litterature
Tatiana Larina is the heroine of Alexander Pushkin's celebrated novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin. In the poem Pushkin suggests that the name Tatiana was more common for peasants than for well-born women in the early 19th century. The poem was and continues to be extremely popular in Russia. The character of Tatiana Larina inspired the names of two Romanovs: Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia and her distant cousin Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.
Notable people
In Christianity:
Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyrIn modeling:
Tatiana Dante, fashion model and America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 candidateTatiana Cotliar, Argentine modelTatiana Sorokko, Russian modelTatjana Patitz, German modelIn television and films:
Tatiana (singer), Mexican singer and children's television show hostTatyana Ali, actress and singerTatiana Maslany, Canadian actressTatiana Papamoschou, Greek actressTatjana Simić, Dutch actress and singerTatiana Stefanidou, Greek television hostIn sport:
Tatyana Alekseyeva, Russian 400 metre runnerTatyana Biryulina, Soviet javelin throwerTathiana Garbin, Italian tennis playerTatiana Golovin, French tennis player of Russian originTatiana Grigorieva, Australian athlete of Russian originTatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian Olympic GymnastTatyana Konstantinova, Russian hammer throwerTatiana Lemos, Brazilian freestyle swimmerTatyana Lesovaya, Russian discus throwerTatjana Malek, German tennis playerTatiana Panova, Russian tennis playerTatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis playerTatyana Polovinskaya, Ukrainian long-distance runnerTatiana Poutchek, Belarusian tennis playerTatyana Skatchko, Russian long jumperTatyana Sudarikova, Kyrgyzstani javelin throwerIn music:
Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera sopranoTatiana Bulanova, Russian pop singerTatiana Cameron, Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci")Tatiana von Furstenberg, daughter of Prince Egon and Princess Diane Von Furstenberg; singer in the band PlaydateTatiana DeMaria, English musicianTatiana Okupnik, Polish singer, based in LondonNobility:Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of RussiaIn literature and fiction:
Tatyana Tolstaya, modern Russian writer, granddaughter of Aleksey TolstoyTatiana Larina, the love interest in Alexander Pushkin's celebrated novel-in-verse Eugene OneginTatiana Romanova, James Bond's love interest in the 1963 movie From Russia with Love'Tatiana Taylor, character in Auf Wiedersehen, PetTatiana Wisla, character in the anime series Last ExileTatiana de Rosnay, an author of the fiction "Sarah's Key"In other uses:
Tatiana was a Siberian tiger involved in two San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks resulting in one human fatality and Tatiana's shooting deathTanya is a character of Mortal Kombat game series