Given name
Natascha
“born on Christmas Day”
Natascha is a variant of Natasha. In Russian use, Natasha carries the interpretation “born on Christmas Day.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Natascha is a variant of Natasha. In Russian use, Natasha carries the interpretation “born on Christmas Day.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Natascha is a diminutive of Наталия.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Natascha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 916
- 0 boys · 916 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 49 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,274 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Natascha’s family of names
In German usage, Natascha is a diminutive of Наталия. Natascha has a related form in Natasha. In German usage, Natascha has a conventional equivalent in the English form Natasha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Natascha has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Natascha
- Natascha KampuschAustrian woman held captive for eight yearsborn 1988
- Natascha KellerGerman field hockey playerborn 1977
- Natascha Artin BrunswickAmerican German-born mathematician and photographer1909–2003
- Natascha BadmannSwiss triathleteborn 1966
- Natascha KohnenGerman politicianborn 1967
- Natascha WodinGerman author and translatorborn 1945
- Natascha HeintzNorwegian paleontologist (1930-2025)
- Natascha EngelBritish politician (born 1967)
- Natascha Celouchfootballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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