Tanya (name)

Tanya (name)
Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. The name's popularity among English-speakers (and other non-Slavs) was originally due to the popularity of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, whose heroine is named Tatiana "Tanya" Larina.
Variants include Tania (Ukrainian, Romanian); Tanja (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Norwegian, German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene and Macedonian); Táňa (Czech); Tânia; (Portuguese); and Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent).
As of 2010 it was the 237th most common name in the United States, according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.
People with the name
Lara Saint Paul, born Silvana Savorelli (1945–2018), also known as Tanya, Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer and record producer
Major Tanya, stage name of Noelle Rose, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
Tanya Burr (born 1989), English vlogger and blogger
Tanya Byron (born 1967), a British psychologist
Tanya Chan (born 1971), a legislator in Hong Kong
Tanya Chisholm (born 1983), American actress and dancer
Tanya Christiansen, American mathematician
Tanya Chua (born 1975), a singer in Singapore
Tania Coleridge (born 1966), British model/Girl in Father Figure music video
Tanya Compas, British activist
Tanya Donelly (born 1966), singer/guitarist for Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly
Tanya Dubnicoff (born 1969), Canadian track cyclist
Tanya Dziahileva (born 1991), Belarusian model
Tanya Garcia (born 1981), Filipina television and film actress
Tanya Haden (born 1971), daughter of jazz double bassist Charlie Haden, wife of actor Jack Black
Tanya Hansen (born 1973), Norwegian pornographic actress.
Tanya Hughes (born 1972), American high jumper
Tanya Hunks (born 1980), Canadian swimmer
Tanya Kappo, Canadian lawyer and Indigenous rights activist
Tanya Mercado (as known as Gina Lynn) (born 1974), Puerto Rican pornographic actress
Tanya Moore (1955–1986), American murder victim
Tanya Oxley (born 1979), Barbadian track and field sprinter
Tanya Plibersek (born 1969), Australian politician and Minister for Health
Tanya Ravichandran, Indian actress
Tanya Roberts (1949–2021), actress
Tanya Ryno, producer
Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944), Russian child diarist who died in 1944 during the Siege of Leningrad
Tanya Snyder (born 1967), American businesswoman
Tanya Tagaq (born 1975), Canadian Inuk throat singer
Tanya Tate (born 1979), a US-UK porno actress
Tanya Taylor, Canadian fashion designer
Tanya Tucker (born 1958), American country music singer
Fictional characters
Tan-ya, main character in Korean fantasy/mythology Arthdal Chronicles, foretold to be the direct descendant of a goddess
Tanya, character in Jacqueline Wilson novel Bad Girls
Tanya, character in the Mortal Kombat universe
Agent Tanya Adams, soldier in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert video game series
Tanya Branning, in the British TV soap opera EastEnders
Tanya Mousekewitz, from the film An American Tail
Tanya Robertson, from the movie Sleepwalkers
Tanya Sloan, character from Power Rangers Turbo
Tanya Turner, lead character on the ITV drama Footballers Wives
Tanya von Degurechaff, main character in the light novel, manga, and anime series The Saga of Tanya the Evil
See also
Tania (name)
Tanja (name)
Tonia (name)
Tonja (name)
Tonje (name)
Tonya (name)
References
Arabic-language feminine given names
Bulgarian feminine given names
Croatian feminine given names
Feminine given names
Macedonian feminine given names
Russian feminine given names
Serbian feminine given names
Slavic feminine given names
Slovene feminine given names