Tanya (name)
Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is now quite commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world.[1]
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| Pronunciation | /ˈtɑːnjə/, /ˈtænjə/ |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Variant form(s) | LaTanya |
| Nickname(s) | Tan |
Tanya is also of Hebrew origin derived from the Aramaic term meaning 'it was taught in Baraita' which is Biblical teaching.
The Tanya is considered the Oral Torah of Hasidism. It is the first word used within the book.[2]
The name's popularity grew in many respects thanks to Alexander Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin whose main character was Tatiana Larina, beloved by Onegin.
Variants include Tania (Ukrainian), Tanja (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Norwegian German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene and Macedonian),[1] Tania (Romanian), Táňa (Czech) or Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent)[3]
It is the 237th most common name in the United States according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.[4]
Tanya
- Onika Tanya Maraj, Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and model.
- Tanya Burr, English vlogger and blogger
- Tanya Byron, a British psychologist
- Tanya Chan, a legislator in Hong Kong
- Tanya Christiansen, American mathematician
- Tanya Chua, a singer in Singapore
- Tania Coleridge, British model/Girl in Father Figure music video
- Tanya Donelly, singer/guitarist for Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly
- Tanya Dubnicoff, Canadian track cyclist
- Tanya Dziahileva, Belarusian model
- Tanya Haden, daughter of jazz double bassist Charlie Haden, wife of actor Jack Black
- Tanya Hansen, Norwegian pornographic actress.
- Tanya Hughes, American high jumper
- Tanya Hunks, Canadian swimmer
- Tanya Kappo, Canadian lawyer and Indigenous rights activist
- Tanya Oxley, Barbadian track and field sprinter
- Tanya Mercado (as known as Gina Lynn), Puerto Rican pornographic actress
- Tanya Plibersek, Australian politician and Minister for Health
- Tanya Roberts, actress
- Tanya Savicheva, Russian child diarist who died in 1944 during the Siege of Leningrad
- Tanya Tate, a US-UK porno actress
- Tanya Tucker, American country music singer,
Fictional
- Tanya Branning, in the soap opera Eastenders
- Tanya Turner, the lead character on the ITV drama Footballers Wives
- Tanya Mousekewitz, from the film An American Tail
- Agent Tanya Adams, a character and unit type in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert video game series
- Tanya von Degurechaff, the eponymous young girl turned sadistic battalion commander in the light novel series, manga, and anime, Saga of Tanya the Evil
- Tanya Sloan, a character from Power Rangers Turbo
- Tanya, a character in the Mortal Kombat universe
- Tanya, a main character in Korean fantasy/mythology Arthdal Chronicles, foretold to be the direct descendant of a goddess.
References
- A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-211651-7.
- "What Is the Tanya About?". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- Samek, Ondřej Malačka, Jan. "Jméno | Táňa: 1731 | KdeJsme.cz | Četnost příjmení nebo jména v České republice". www.kdejsme.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-06-27.
- "Tanya". namestatistics.com. Retrieved 9 October 2010.