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

TATIANA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman

Other Scripts: Татьяна (Russian), Татяна (Bulgarian)

Pronounced: tah-TYAH-nah (Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian), ta-tee-AN-ə (English), ta-TYAN-ə (English) [key]

Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.

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