Given name · also Latin
Tatiana
“queen of the fairies”
Tatiana is used as a given name. One Slavic interpretation is “queen of the fairies.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original LatinTatiāna
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “queen of the fairies.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Tatiana is a feminine form of TATIANO. In Latin usage, Tatiana is a feminine form of Tatianus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tatiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,269
- 35 boys · 35,234 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 1,466 babies
- 2025
- 216
- #1,106 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 216 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,106 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,466 in 1999. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (32). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 47,073 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.
Tatiana’s family of names
Tatiana has an affectionate form in Tanya. In English usage, Tatiana shares a linguistic root with the German form TATJANA. In English usage, Tatiana has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Tania.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tatiana has relatives in 29 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
42 related names in 29 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Tatianusmasculine form · Latin, French
- TatiānaLatin
- Tiaequivalent
- TainaFinnish
- Titianaequivalent
- Tacianaequivalent
- Tatiaequivalent
- TatijanaSlovene
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- TataniaDanish
- TanjaSlovene
- Таняequivalent
- Тањаequivalent
- Taccjanaequivalent
- Татьянаborrowing · Russian
- Татꙗнаderivative · zle-ort
- ΤατιάναGreek
- Tacjanadoublet · Polish
- TaťánaCzech
- Tâniaequivalent
- Taníaequivalent
- Tetianaequivalent
- TatjánaHungarian
- ТаццянаBelarusian
- ТетянаUkrainian
- ТатјанаSerbian, Macedonian
- ТатянаBulgarian
- TatienneFrench
- TjašaSlovene
- Татыйыынаsah
- Тетя́наUkrainian
- TàtjanaSerbo-Croatian
- Та̀тјанаSerbo-Croatian
- Татья́наRussian
- Та̄тьяmns-nor
- Татя́наrue, Bulgarian
- Тацьця́наBelarusian
- Тацця́наBelarusian
- تاتياناArabic
- Tatianomasculine form · Italian
- Tatiusmasculine form · French
People named Tatiana
- Tatiana MaslanyCanadian actressborn 1985
- Tatiana GolovinFrench tennis playerborn 1988
- Tatiana SorokkoRussian model and journalistborn 1971
- Tatyana KotovaRussian athleteborn 1976
- Tatiana KotovaRussian singer and Miss Russia 2006born 1985
- Tatiana SchlossbergAmerican journalist and author (1990–2025)
- Tatiana GuderzoItalian cyclistborn 1984
- Tatiana de RosnayFrench journalist and writerborn 1961
- Tatiana CalderónColombian racing driverborn 1993
Characters named Tatiana: Tatiana Romanova (fictional spy in the James Bond story "From Russia with Love").
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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