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I have friends who have a thirteen-year-old daughter named Tatyana, spelled that way. I think it's beautiful, although I prefer the Tatiana spelling. I believe that Tatyana is the more authentically Russian spelling (even though of course Russian uses a different alphabet), or something like that, and that's why they used that spelling. The father is fluent in Russian, so I believe he would know. I know that her grandmother at least often shortens it to "Tatia". I don't know if others also do. Her middle name is Grace. I think that a one-syllable middle name sounds best with it.