Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe.
Origin Tatiana is a feminine, diminutive derivative of the Sabine—and later Latin—name Tatius. King Titus Tatius was the name of a legendary ruler of the Sabines, an Italic tribe living near Rome around the 8th century BC. After the Romans absorbed the Sabines, the name Tatius remained in use in the Roman world, into the first centuries of Christianity, as well as the masculine diminutive Tatianus and its feminine counterpart, Tatiana.
While the name later disappeared from Western Europe including Italy, it remained prevalent in the Hellenic world of the Eastern Roman Empire, and later spread to the Byzantine-influenced Orthodox world, including Russia. In that context, it originally honoured the church Saint Tatiana, who was tortured and martyred in the persecutions of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus, c. 230 CE. St. Tatiana is patron saint of students in general and in Russia, students are celebrated on Tatiana Day, 25 January. St. Tatiana is also the patron saint of Moscow State University.
Variations
Variations of the name
Albanian: Tatiana, Tatjana, Tana Belarusian: Таццяна (Tatsiana; Łacinka: Tacciana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Тацянка (Tatsianka; Łacinka: Tacianka), Танечка (Taniechka; Łacinka: Taniečka) Bulgarian: Татяна (Tatyana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania) Catalan: Tatiana, Diminutive: Tània Croatian: Tatjana, Tanja Czech: Taťána, Táňa Danish: Tatiana, Tanja Dutch: Tanja, Tatjana (uncommon), Tania (uncommon now, only in Belgium) English: Tatiana, Tatyana Diminutive: Tania, Tanya, Tiana, Tianna Estonian: Tatjana Finnish: Tatjana; Diminutive: Taina French: Tatiana, Tatianna, Tatyanna, Tatienne (uncommon), Diminutive: Tania, Tanya Frisian: Tetje Anna (uncommon) Diminutive: Tet, Tetje, Tanje German: Tatjana, Tanja Greek: Τατιανή (Tatiani), Τατιάνα (Tatiana) Hungarian: Tatjána Italian: Tatiana Norwegian: Tatjana Polish: Tacjana Portuguese: Tatiana, Tatiane, Diminutive: Tania, Tati Romanian: Tatiana, Tatianna, Diminutive: Tanea Russian: Татьяна (Tatijana), Diminutive: Таня (Tania), Tanichka, Tanechka, Tatianka, Taniusha, Taniushka Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана Slovak: Tatiana, Diminutive: Táňa Slovene: Tatjana, Diminutive: Tanja, Tjaša; Variants: Tatiana, Tatijana, Tatja, Tatjanca Spanish: Tatiana, Diminutive: Tania, Tati Ukrainian: Тетяна (Tetiana, Tetyana), Diminutive: Tetianka, Tetyanka
In popular culture Tatiana Larina is the heroine of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin. The poem was and continues to be popular in Russia.
The character of Tatiana Larina inspired the names of two Romanovs: Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia and her distant cousin Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.Maylunas, Andrei, and Mironenko, Sergei, editors; Galy, Darya, translator, A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story, 1997, p. 163
Notable people In Christianity Saint Tatiana, 3rd-century Christian martyr
Royalty and nobility Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890–1979), eldest daughter of Russian poet Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich of Russia Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897–1918), the second daughter of Emperor Nicholas II Romanov and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł (1939–2025), daughter of Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark (born 1980), wife of Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark Princess Tatiana Galitzine (born 1984), daughter of Archduchess Maria-Anna of Austria Tatyana Borisovna Golitsyna (1696–1757), Russian courtier Tatiana Vasilyevna Golitsyna (1783–1841), Russian noblewoman and philanthropist Tatiana Kharlova (1756–1773), Russian noblewoman Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg (1915–2006), German patron of the arts of Russian birth Tatiana Borisovna Potemkina (1797–1869), Russian noblewoman Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus (1914–2007), Russian-Swedish socialite
In modeling Tatiana Calmell (born 1994), Peruvian model, actress, and Miss Peru 2024 Tatiana Cotliar (born 1988), Argentine model and stylist Tatiana Dante, fashion model and America's Next Top Model Cycle 4 candidate Tatiana Diagileva (born 1991), Belarusian model Taťána Kuchařová (born 1987), Czech model, Miss World 2006 Tatiana Kovylina (born 1981), Russian model Tatiana Kumar (born 1998), Malaysian model and Miss World Malaysia 2016 Tatiana Loor (born 1991), Ecuadorian model and Miss International Ecuador 2012 Tatiana Najera (born 1988), Colombian model and Miss Colombia 2010 contestant Tatjana Patitz (1966–2023), German model Tatiana Silva (born 1985), Belgian model Tatiana Sorokko (born 1971), Russian model Tatiana Torres (born 1988), Ecuadorian model and Miss Earth Ecuador 2012 Tatiana Usova (born 1987) is a Russian model
In television and films Tatiana (singer) (born 1968), Mexican American actress, singer and television presenter Tatjana Alexander, Australian-born German-Austrian actress Tatyana Ali (born 1979), American actress and singer Tatyana Arntgolts (born 1982), Russian theater and film actress Tatyana Barysheva (1896–1979), Soviet actress Tatjana Blacher (born 1956), German actress Tatiana Calmell, Peruvian actress, model, activist, and beauty pageant titleholder Tatiana Capote (born 1962), Cuban-Venezuelan actress Tatyana Dogileva (born 1957), Soviet/Russian actress Tatjana Đorđević (born 1985), Serbian singer Tatiana Doronina (born 1933), Soviet/Russian actress Tatyana Drubich (born 1960), Russian actress Tatiana Dyková (born 1978), Czech actress Tatiana Farnese (1924–2022), Italian actress Tatiana Huezo (born 1972), Salvadoran-Mexican film director Tatjana Irrah (1892–1949), German silent film actress Tatiana Issa (born 1974), Brazilian actress and director Tatyana Karpova (1916–2018), Soviet and Russian actress Tatjana Kästel (born 1982), German actress Tatyana Konyukhova (1931–2024), Soviet actress Tatyana Kosmacheva (born 1985), Russian actress Tatyana Kravchenko (born 1953), Soviet and Russian actress Tatyana Kudryavtseva (born 1953), Russian actress Tatiana Kulíšková (born 1961), Slovak actress and television presenter Tatyana Lavrova (1938–2007), Soviet and Russian actress Tatyana Lioznova (1924–2011), Soviet film director and screenwriter Tatyana Lolova (1934–2021), Bulgarian actress Tatyana Lyutaeva (born 1965), Soviet, Lithuanian and Russian theater actress Tatiana Martínez (born 1991), Mexican actress Tatiana Maslany (born 1985), Canadian actress Taťjana Medvecká (born 1953), Czech actress Tatiana Okunevskaya (1914–2002), Soviet and Russian actress Tatiana Ouliankina (born 1970), Russian actress Tatiana Papamoschou (born 1964), Greek actress Tatiana Pauhofová (born 1983), Slovak actress Tatyana Pavlova (1890–1975), Russian theater director Tatyana Pelttser (1904–1992), Soviet and Russian actress Tatyana Piletskaya (born 1928), Soviet and Russian actress Tatyana Protsenko (1968–2021), Soviet actress Tatiana S. Riegel, American film editor Tatjana Sais (1910–1981), German film actress Tatiana Samoilova (1934-2014), Soviet/Russian actress Tatianna, stage name of Joseph Santolini (born 1987), American drag queen and reality personality Tatjana Saphira, born Tatjana Hartmann (born 1997), Indonesian actress Tatyana Shmyga (1928–2011), Soviet-Russian singer and actress Tatjana Šimić (born 1963), Croatian-Dutch actress and singer Tatiana Stefanidou (born 1970), Greek television host Tatiana Mikhailovna Troepolskaya (c. 1744–1774), Russian actress and opera singer Tatjana Turanskyj (1966–2021), German director, film producer, screenwriter and actor Tatyana Vasilyeva (born 1947), Russian actress Tatyana Vedeneyeva (born 1953), Soviet and Russian actress Tatiana Vilhelmová (born 1976), Czech actress Tatyana Yegorova (1944–2025), Russian actress
In music Tatiana Abramova (born 1975), Russian singer and actress Tatiana Aleshina (born 1961), Russian composer, singer-songwriter, theater artist, and poet Tatiana Andrianova (born 1972), Russian concert organist Tatiana Baranova Monighetti, Russian-Swiss musicologist Tatiana Bershadskaya (1921–2021), Russian musicologist Tatiana Borodina, Russian opera soprano Tatiana Bulanova (born 1969), Russian pop singer Tatiana Cameron (born 1970), Croatian-born pop singer (formerly known as "Tajci") Tatyana Chudova (1944–2021), Russian composer Tatiana DeMaria, English musician Tatiana Eva-Marie, Swiss singer Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg (born 1971), daughter of Prince Egon and Diane Von Fürstenberg; singer in the band Playdate Tatiana Grindenko (born 1946), Russian violinist Tatjana Gürbaca (born 1973), German opera director Tatjana Hitrina, Russian singer (born circa 1920s) who settled in Australia Tatiana Kotova (born 1985), Russian singer, actress, and television presenter Tatjana Kozlova-Johannes (born 1977), Estonian-Russian composer Tatiana Kurtukova (born 1993), Russian singer-songwriter, actress, and educator Tatiana Mais, also known as Q-Tee, British songwriter and rapper Tatjana Masurenko (born 1965), German violist Tatiana Menotti (1909–2001), Italian operatic soprano Tatyana Mezhentseva (born 2009), Russian singer Tatiana Naynik (born 1978), Russian singer, actress, model, and producer Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993), Soviet and Russian pianist, composer, and teacher. Tatiana Okupnik (born 1978), Polish singer, based in London Tatiana Palacios Chapa (born 1968), American-born Mexican singer, actress and television presenter Tatjana Radisic, Serbian costume designer Tatjana Romanova-Vorontsova (born 1973), Russian opera singer Tatiana Shmailyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian singer, frontwoman of the metal band Jinjer Tatyana Sergeyeva (born 1951), Russian composer Tatiana Shebanova (1953–2011), Russian pianist Tatyana Shlykova, Russian opera singer Tatyana Snezhina (1972–1995), Russian poet and singer-songwriter Tatiana Sorokina (born 1970), Russian singer Tatiana Stepa (1963–2009), Romanian folk singer Tatiana Troyanos (1938–1993), American opera singer Tatjana Vassiljeva (born 1977), Russian cellist Tatyana Voronina (born 1959), Russian composer
In visual and performing arts Tatianna (born 1987), American drag queen Tatiana Badanina (born 1955), Russian visual artist Tatiana Baganova (born 1968), Russian choreographer Tatiana Baillayre (1916–1991), Romanian painter Tatjana Barbakoff (1899–1944), Russian dancer Tatiana Belokonenko, Ukrainian artist Tatiana Bezjak (born 1971), Croatian sculptor and writer Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972), Mexican architect Tatiana Blass (born 1979), Brazilian multidisciplinary artist Tatiana Dokoudovska (1921–2005), French ballet dancer Tatjana Doll (born 1970), German painter Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez (born 1974), Colombian multidisciplinary artist Tatiana Fabeck (born 1970), Luxembourgish architect Tatjana Gamerith (1919–2021), German-Austrian painter and graphic artist Tatiana Godovalnikova (born 1962), Russian contemporary artist Tatiana Gorb (1935–2013), Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher and illustrator Tatyana Grosman (1904–1982), Russian-American printmaker and publisher Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), ballet dancer and choreographer Tatiana Kapustina (born 1950), Russian ballet master, pedagogue, and ballet soloist Tatiana Kopnina (1921–2009) Soviet and Russian painter and art teacher Tatiana Leskova (born 1922), French-born Brazilian ballerina and choreographer Tatiana Mamaki (1921–2007), Greek dancer and choreographer Tatyana Mavrina (1902–1996) Soviet artist and children's book illustrator Tatiana Mollmann (born 1983), American professional dancer Tatiana Muñoz Brenes, Costa Rican curator Tatyana Nazarenko (born 1944), Russian painter Tatyana Palchuk (born 1954), Latvian artist