Tatiana

Languages: This girl's name is used in English, Italian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Bulgarian.

Nicknames: Tania, Tanya and Tatia

Compound Forms: Tiatiana

Alternative Spellings: Tatianna, Tatihana, Tatjana, Tatyana, Tatyanah and Tatyanna

Variant Forms: Taitiann, Taitianna, Tassiana, Tatiania, Taziana and Tetyana

Popularity: The name Tatiana ranked 258th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1282nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: This name is based on an ancient Roman family name, Tatius, whose meaning has been lost.

A king by this name was said to have reigned over the Sabines and the Romans in cooperation with the legendary Romulus. This suggests that the name pre-dates even the founding of Rome, and may have its ultimate origins in the Etruscan language.

Sports

Tatiana Averina
Soviet athlete.
- 1976 Olympic speed skating gold medal winner for 1000m and 3000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Speed Skating)
Tatiana Goutsou
Soviet athlete.
- 1992 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Individual All Around (see list of Gold Medalists in the Individual All-around)
Tatiana Kazankina
Soviet athlete.
- 1976 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 800m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 800m Run)
- 1976 and 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 1500m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
Tatiana Kolpakova
Soviet athlete.
- 1980 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
Tatiana Lyssenko
Soviet athlete.
- 1992 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Beam (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)