Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Natasha

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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.

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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)

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