Tatiana

English

Etymology

Popular saints' name in the Eastern Orthodox Church, feminine of Latin Tatianus, derivative of Tatius, a Roman family name of obscure origin. Modern English usage is derived from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian form Татьяна (Tatʹjana).

Proper noun

Tatiana

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Татьяна (Tatʹjana).
2. A female given name from Latin.

Usage notes

• In regular use among English speakers since the end of the twentieth century.

Related terms

• Tania
• Tanya

Translations

female given name

• Bulgarian: Татяна f (Tatjana)
• Czech: Taťána (cs) f
• Finnish: Taina (fi)
• French: Tatiana (fr)
• German: Tatjana (de)
• Greek: Τατιάνα (el) f (Tatiána)
• Hungarian: Tatjána (hu)
• Italian: Tatiana (it)
• Latvian: Tatjana
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: Татјана (mk) f (Tatjana)
• Polish: Tacjana
• Portuguese: Tatiana (pt) f
• Russian: Татья́на (ru) (Tatʹjána) (Tat'jána)
• Rusyn: Татя́на f (Tatjána)
• Serbo-Croatian: Tatjana
• Slovene: Tatijana
• Swedish: Tatjana
• Ukrainian: Тетяна f (Tetjana)

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian Татьяна (Tatʹjana), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Tatiana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.tja.na/

Proper noun

Tatiana f

1. a female given name.

Related terms

• Tania

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Татья́на (Tatʹjána).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌta.t͡ʃi.ˈɐ.nɐ/, /ta.ˈt͡ʃjɐ.nɐ/

Proper noun

Tatiana f

1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Tatiana

Synonyms

• Tati (pet form)

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Romanian

Proper noun

Tatiana f (genitive/dative Tatianei)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Tatiana

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtati̯ana/

Proper noun

Tatiana f (genitive singular Tatiany, nominative plural Tatiany, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Tatiana

	singular	plural
nominative	Tatiana	Tatiany
genitive	Tatiany	Tatián
dative	Tatiane	Tatianám
accusative	Tatianu	Tatiany
locative	Tatiane	Tatianách
instrumental	Tatianou	Tatianami

Further reading

• “Tatiana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024