Tatiana
About Tatiana
Classic yet spritely, Tatiana has long been familiar and popular in Russia and Eastern Europe, though it wasn't until the 80s that it caught on in the English-speaking world. With short forms Tiana, Tati, and Tanya, it is a versatile choice that has nevertheless seen a decline in use in recent year.
Tatiana was derived from Tatius, a Sabine-Latin family name of unknown origin, and notably borne by Titus Tatius, an ancient king who ruled over the ancient Italic tribe, the Sabines, who lived near Rome. The Romans used the name Tatius even after the Sabines died out and created the derivative forms Tatianus and Tatiana. The names were eventually disseminated throughout the Orthodox Christian world, including Russia.
Saint Tatiana, a third-century martyr, is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, while Grand Duchess Tatiana Romanova, was one of the ill-fated daughters of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. Also translated as Tatyana, the name appears in Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin and the opera based on it, and it was used by Chekhov as well.
Tatiana Kennedy Schlossberg is the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, which helped make the name feel chic in France and the US in the 90s and early 2000s. Actress Tatiana Maslany (of Orphan Black), ice dancer Tatiana Navka, and comedian Tatiana Frank are other notable bearers of the name.
Tatiana peaked in 1999 in the US, when it ranked at Number 213, and while it had been on a slow decline since then anyway, it fell more rapidly in 2022 when the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out. It has since recovered slightly in the most recent stats, when it was given to 230 girls.
Pronounced tah-tee-AH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Tatiana ranked #1106 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #213 in 1999, Nameberry popularity #444.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #578 | 530 | 296.7 |
| 2015 | #647 | 444 | 248.7 |
| 2016 | #737 | 387 | 218.4 |
| 2017 | #700 | 415 | 240.4 |
| 2018 | #695 | 419 | 246.3 |
| 2019 | #946 | 280 | 166.8 |
| 2020 | #1,095 | 223 | 137.9 |
| 2021 | #994 | 259 | 157.8 |
| 2022 | #1,277 | 188 | 114.6 |
| 2023 | #1,173 | 204 | 127.1 |
| 2024 | #1,079 | 230 | 142 |
| 2025 | #1,106 | 216 | 134.4 |
World rankings
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Tatiana on lists
Famous Tatianas
- Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova
Grand Duchess of Russia
- Tatiana Ellinka Blatnik
Princess consort of Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark
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Mukhransky, Princess of Russia
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- Tatiana Louise Ursula Therese Elsa
Princess of Sayn,Wittgenstein,Berleburg
- Tatiana Maria Renata Eugenia Elisabeth Margarete
Princess Radziwiłł
- Tatiana Gabriele Maslany
Canadian actress
- Tatiana Troyannos
American operatic mezzo,soprano
- Tatiana Konstantinivna Gutsu
Romanian gymnast
- Tatiana Poutchek
Belorussian tennis player
- Tatiana Golovin
French tennis player
- Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb
Russian painter
- Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina
Russian painter
- Tatiana Urayevna Panova
Russian tennis player
- Tatiana Yurevna Perebiynis
Ukrainian tennis player
- Tatiana Guderzo
Italian cyclist
- Tatiana Andreyеvna Volosozhar
Russian figure skater
- Tatiana Celia Kennedy Schlossberg
American journalist; daughter of ambassador Caroline Kennedy and Ed Schlossberg; granddaughter of U.S. President John F. Kennedy
- Tatiana Desirée (b. 1971)
Princess von Furstenberg, daughter of designer Diane von Furstenberg
- Thalia Tatiana Eugenie Lily Marie Fuchaud (b. 2008)
daughter of Alexis Fruchaud; granddaughter of Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł
- Tatiana Shanks (b. 1998)
daughter of actor Michael Shanks
- Tatiana Aleksandra Westbrook
makeup mogul
Tatiana in pop culture
- Tatiana Ivashkov
in the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
- Tatiana
Joe's girlfriend in "The Game Plan"
- Tatiana Blackthorn
character in Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices
- Tatiana Petrovna
the female lead in the 1963 Broadway musical Tovarich, portrayed by Vivian Leigh, and the 1937 film by Claudette Colbert