Tanya
[ˈtæn.jə]Meaning
Russian diminutive of Tatiana
Background Story
Tanya is a Russian diminutive of Tatiana, borrowed into English in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Таня. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s, and is usually spelled Tania in the UK and Tanya in the US. It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. In Zimbabwe it is often a shortened form of the Shona name Tanyaradzwa, meaning "we have been comforted".
Variations
Tania, Tani
Related Names
Tania
Variant of Tanya, a Russian diminutive of Tatiana
Tatiana
Feminine form of the Roman family name Tatius, via Tatianus
Alina
Short form of Adelina and Albina, and of names ending in -alina
Dasha
Russian diminutive of Darya.
Dirka
Fenya
Russian феня (fenja), a cant language; also recorded as a feminine given name in Armenian and West Frisian.
Ilina
Feminine form of Iliya
Nadia
French spelling of the Russian pet form of Nadezhda, "hope"; also an Arabic name meaning "tender".
Nasya
Recorded as a given name in modern English (feminine); also a Sanskrit word meaning "related to nose"