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Hello everyone!
How are you all? Anyway, I'll keep this short and to the point.
I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me with anything that they know about the (girls) name Natassja.
I am assuming that it is [just] a form of Natasha but I'm not completely sure on that. I have also seen the variant of Nastassja used.
If somebody could provide me with the ethnic background and possibly other information reguarding this name, that would be greatly appreciated.
Love,
Charlotte
How are you all? Anyway, I'll keep this short and to the point.
I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me with anything that they know about the (girls) name Natassja.
I am assuming that it is [just] a form of Natasha but I'm not completely sure on that. I have also seen the variant of Nastassja used.
If somebody could provide me with the ethnic background and possibly other information reguarding this name, that would be greatly appreciated.
Love,
Charlotte
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I would bet its an Eastern European rendition of Natasha (see link).
Our venerable leader Mike C (Allah's peace be upon him) notes that the name is a nickname of Natalie. May I also add, however, that Natasha or Natasa and presumably Natassja(but not its anagram, Satana) also happens to be a nickname for Anastasia both in the Slavic world and in my neck of the woods.
Our venerable leader Mike C (Allah's peace be upon him) notes that the name is a nickname of Natalie. May I also add, however, that Natasha or Natasa and presumably Natassja(but not its anagram, Satana) also happens to be a nickname for Anastasia both in the Slavic world and in my neck of the woods.
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I didn`t know, that Natasa was a nickname for Anastasia! According to archives Anastasius was a martyr from Dalmatia and was persecuted by emperor Diocletian, who built his famous palace in Split (Dalmatia, Croatia). Split is also the hometown of my parents and the place where I was born, althrough I don`t live there. Sort of cool, ist`t it? It gives some personal symbolism to my name.
Thanks, Pavlos!
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No, I don`t think I have any greek ancestors. I always thought my surname was of the Slavic origin. I met people with this name from Croatia, Slovenia, Chech republic, Poland and even one from Austria (this one doesn`t fit into my theory). As far as I know, my family comes from Croatia, althrough on this crazy Balcans you never know, as it has seen so much mixing of different nations at different times in history :-)
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Its true, my fellow-Balkan, we are quite a crazy scene :) I'm glad that things seem to have settled somehow in your part of the world.
Does "kara-" mean something in Slavic languages? I always also wondered about the name's origin because its a very frequent surname in Greece too. And of course there are many names composed of it, both in Greece and throughout the Balkans, including the royal family of Yugoslavia Karageorgovic. I assumed you might be Greek because the "-as" ending of Karas is typically Greek.
The most immediate association that comes to mind is from the Turkish "kara-" meaning "black" or "dark". I was not able to find however the etymology of "kara-" in Turkish. Another two possibilities (stretching many centuries back)might be:
- a relation to Kar (or, Ker), the Greek Goddess of Death.
- a relation to the Greek "kara", meaning head (human or animal).
On a macabre note, let me also note that the Priest from the movie "The Exorcist" was Father Karas :)
Does "kara-" mean something in Slavic languages? I always also wondered about the name's origin because its a very frequent surname in Greece too. And of course there are many names composed of it, both in Greece and throughout the Balkans, including the royal family of Yugoslavia Karageorgovic. I assumed you might be Greek because the "-as" ending of Karas is typically Greek.
The most immediate association that comes to mind is from the Turkish "kara-" meaning "black" or "dark". I was not able to find however the etymology of "kara-" in Turkish. Another two possibilities (stretching many centuries back)might be:
- a relation to Kar (or, Ker), the Greek Goddess of Death.
- a relation to the Greek "kara", meaning head (human or animal).
On a macabre note, let me also note that the Priest from the movie "The Exorcist" was Father Karas :)
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Karas is a name of some sort of river-fish in croatian (some sort of carp, I think).
On the other hand there was a serbian hero called Karageorge, which in translation means Black George-this is probbably a turkish influence, because Serbia was occuped by Otoman empire for quite a long period of time.
Godess of death? I don`t like this meaning so much. I think I`ll rather stick to black fish :-)
On the other hand there was a serbian hero called Karageorge, which in translation means Black George-this is probbably a turkish influence, because Serbia was occuped by Otoman empire for quite a long period of time.
Godess of death? I don`t like this meaning so much. I think I`ll rather stick to black fish :-)
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