Tanya



Gender:
Origin: Slavic
179 famous people named Tanya found on Wikipedia.
116466 female, 405 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 2591-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 46-th in year 1974
Used in: English, Russian

Meanings

Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is now quite commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world.
Tanya is also of Hebrew origin derived from the Aramaic term meaning 'it was taught in Baraita' which is Biblical teaching. Within Hasidic Judaism this refers to the Oral Torah. It is the first word used within the Tanya.
Its popularity grew in many respects thanks to Alexander Pushkin's poem Eugene Onegin whose main character was Tatiana Larina, beloved by Onegin.
Variants include Tania, Tanja (Serbo-Croatian, German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Macedonian and Ukrainian), Tanea (Romanian), Táňa (Czech) or Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent)
It is the 237th most common name in the United States according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.


Russian pet form of Tatiana; name in honour of an early Christian martyr, Russian saint; of the family.

Famous People: 179 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Tanya Roberts 1955 US film and TV actress
2 Tanya Tucker 1958 American country music artist
3 Tanya Haden 1971 American musician and artist
4 Tanya Tate 1979 British pornographic actress
5 Tanya Callau
6 Tanya Burr 1989 British make-up artist and YouTube personality
7 Tanya Kahana 1985 German voice actor
8 Tanya Plibersek 1969 Australian politician
9 Tanya Donelly 1966 American musician
10 Tanya Abrol 1986 Actress
11 Tanya Nicole Kach 1981 Kidnapped American child
12 Tanya Franks 1967 British actor, writer and producer
13 Tanya Savicheva 1930 Russian diarist
14 Tanya Chisholm 1983 American actress
15 Tanya Robinson 1981 British model
16 Tagaq 1975 Canadian singer
17 Tanya Branning Fictional character in BBC soap opera EastEnders
18 Tanya Chua 1975 Singaporean singer
19 Tanya Streeter 1973 Caymanian free diver
20 Tanya Dubash 1968 Indian businesswoman
21 Tanya Byron 1967 Psychologist, television and radio presenter
22 Tanya Blount 1977 American actress and singer
23 Tanya Sharma 1995
24 Tanya Sloan
25 Tanya Garcia 1981 Filipino actress
26 Tanya Wright Actress
27 Tanya Hyde 1977 British pornographic film actor
28 Tanya Stephens 1973 Jamaican reggae singer
29 Tanya Memme 1971 Canadian actress
30 Tanya Huff 1957 Canadian fantasy author
31 Tanya Mityushina Russian fashion model, born in Perm
32 Tanya Beckett 1966 British broadcaster
33 Tanya Harding 1972 Softball player
34 Tanya Allen 1975 Film and television actress
35 Tanya Kim Canadian television host
36 Tanya Falan Welk-Roberts 1948 American singer
37 Tanya Lacey 1986 English singer
38 Tanya Turner
39 Tanya Walton Pratt 1959 American lawyer and federal judge
40 Tanya Wexler 1970 American film director
41 Tanya Vidal American actress
42 Tanya Fear British actress
43 Tanya Bastianich Manuali 1972
44 Tanya Hansen 1973 Norwegian pornographic actress
45 Tanya Gold 1973 British journalist
46 Tanya Moodie British actress
47 Tanya Boyd 1951 American actress
48 Tanya McQueen 1972 American interior designer
49 Tanya Saint-Val 1965 French singer
50 Tanya Dziahileva 1991 Belarusian model
51 Tanya Rivero American journalist
52 Tanya Stewner 1974 German author
53 Tanya Luhrmann 1959 American anthropologist
54 Tanya
55 Tanya Baramzina 1919 Soviet sniper
56 Tanya Neufeldt 1972 German actress
57 Tanya Levin 1971 Australian writer
58 Tanya Chan 1971 Hong Kong politician
59 Tanya S. Chutkan 1962 United States District Judge
60 Tanya Lopert 1942 French actress
61 Tanya James 1983 American pornographic actress
62 Tanya Gyani 1980 Indian interior designer
63 Tanya Zabarylo 1985
64 Tanya van Graan 1983 South African actress
65 Tanya Reinhart 1943 Israeli journalist
66 Tanya Davis 1979 Canadian singer and poet
67 Tanya Barfield American playwright
68 Tanya Atwater 1942 American geophysicist and marine geologist
69 Tanya Alexander
70 Tanya Pylavets
71 Tanya Wilson 1950 Miss USA winner
72 Tanya Hamilton Film director and producer
73 Tanya Moss 1964 New Zealand rhythmic gymnast
74 Tanya Seghatchian 1968 British film producer
75 Tanya Holland 1965 California chef specializing in new soul cuisine
76 Tanya Samarzich 1994 Association football player
77 Tanya Davies Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
78 Tanya Anisimova 1966 Russian cellist/composer.
79 Tanya Boeva 1973 Bulgarian singer
80 Tanya Acosta 1991
81 Tanya Ury 1951 German writer
82 Tanya Dangalakova 1964 Swimmer
83 Tanya Monro 1973 Australian physicist
84 Tanya Danielle 1976 American pornographic actor
85 Tanya Biank American journalist
86 Tanya Datta 1972 British broadcaster
87 Tanya Harford 1958 South African tennis player
88 Tanya Ling 1966 Fashion designer
89 Tanya Moiseiwitsch 1914 British theatre designer
90 Tanya Georgieva 1970 Bulgarian canoeist
91 Tanya Hughes 1972 American high jumper
92 Tanya Valko
93 Tanya Saracho
94 Tanya Hart American broadcaster
95 Tanya Riches Australian musician
96 Tanya Cook 1964 American politician
97 Tanya Kemppainen Finnish musician
98 Tanya Anne Crosby 1962 American writer
99 Tanya "Sweet Tee" Winley Rap artist
100 Tanya Huebner 1978 Australian female swimming Paralympian
101 Tanya Dubnicoff 1969 Canadian racing cyclist
102 Tanya Adams Character in Command & Conquer
103 Tanya Selvaratnam 1971 Writer, producer, theater artist, and activist
104 Tanya Gadiel 1972 New South Wales politician
105 Tanya Warren American basketball player-coach
106 Tanya Hosch Australian activist
107 Tanya Oxtoby 1982 Association footballer
108 Tanya Clarke 1972 American actor
109 Tanya Halesworth 1935 Australian television presenter
110 Tanya Seymour 1983 Dressage rider
111 Tanya Vannini 1969
112 Tanya Pullin 1957 American politician
113 Tanya Ashken 1939 Sculptor, Silversmith
114 Tanya Segal 1957 Polish rabbi
115 Tanya Dimitrova 1957 Volleyball player
116 Tanya Reynolds
117 Tanya Ryno American television producer
118 Tanya Hunks 1980 Canadian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games bronze medallist
119 Tanya Bailey 1981 Olympic cyclist
120 Tanya Aguiñiga 1978
121 Tanya de Souza 1994 French association football player
122 Tanya Beths 1989 Australian handball player
123 Tanya Oxley 1979 Athletics competitor
124 Tanya Blake 1971 Olympic middle-distance runner
125 Tanya Kalyvas 1979 Association footballer
126 Tanya Ekanayaka
127 Tanya Maslarska 1975 Former artistic gymnast
128 Tanya Gandy 1987 American water polo player
129 Tanya Mars 1948 Artist
130 Tanya Del Solar 1986 Chilean model
131 Tanya Carpenter 1975 German writer
132 Tanya Woods
133 Tanya Seaman 1967 American environmentalist
134 Tanya Preminger Israeli artist
135 Tanya Thornton Shewell 1944 American politician
136 Tanya Denver Journalist, Sportswoman
137 Tanya Gogova 1950 Volleyball player
138 Tanya Aparicio Panamanian musician
139 Tanya Melich
140 Tanya Swanepoel South African Paralympian
141 Tanya Landman British children's writer
142 Tanya Bröring 1984 Basketball player
143 Tanya Frei 1972 Curler
144 Tanya Chaplin 1968
145 Tanya Fisher 1968 Australian basketball player
146 Tanya Kalmanovitch 1970 Canadian music educator
147 Tanya Berezin 1941 Actress
148 Tanya O'Debra 1979 Actor and playwright
149 Tanya Anacleto 1976 Olympic swimmer
150 Tanya Pouwhare New Zealand broadcaster
151 Tanya Stefanova 1972 Athletics competitor
152 Tanya Rellstab Carreto 1978 Mexican politician
153 Tanya Ragir
154 Tanya Fischer 1985
155 Tanya Reid 1970 Canadian actress
156 Tanya Weinstein
157 Tanya Harrison 1983 Association footballer
158 Tanya Hockman American volleyball coach
159 Tanya Walker
160 Tanya Dennis 1985
161 Tanya Maria Geritsidou 1978 Greek activist
162 Tanya Godsey
163 Tanya Sabkova 1988
164 Tanya Holliday 1988
165 Tanya Petty German ten-pin bowler
166 Tanya Schmoller 1918
167 Tanya Woodward 1970 Badminton player
168 Tanya Ballinger 1973 American actress and model
169 Tanya Andreeva 1973 Bulgarian politician
170 Tanya Dooley 1972 American athletics competitor
171 Tanya Lindenmuth 1979 American bicycle racer
172 Tanya Ruma
173 Tanya Franck 1974
174 Tanya Hubbard 1966 Canadian actress
175 Tanya Andryuschenko Cyclist
176 Tanya Newbould 1971 American actress and singer
177 Tanya Barson 1972 Bristish art historian
178 Tanya Lahdenranta 1986 Canadian rower
179 Tanya Blas-Cruz 1990