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NATASHA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Russian, English
OTHER SCRIPTS: Наташа (Russian)
PRONOUNCED: nə-TASH-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Russian diminutive of NATALYA. This is the name of a character in Leo Tolstoy's novel 'War and Peace' (1865). It has been used in the English-speaking world only since the 20th century.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Nata (Russian), Natisha (English (African American))
DIMINUTIVES: Tasha (Russian), Nat, Tasha (English), Latasha (English (African American))
OTHER LANGUAGES: Nataša (Croatian), Natacha (French), Nataša (Macedonian), Natalka, Natasza (Polish), Nataša (Serbian), Nataša (Slovene), Natalka (Ukrainian)
Popularity
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