Tatiana's Name

[ladyamythyst69]

The name is known in America but is not common. Oddly enough, both of the Russian ladies I know are called Tatiana (but with slightly different spellings). Makes me think it is still a common name in Russia?

[Romanov_fan]

I wish it was more widely known, and more common, because it is a lovely lovely name, fit for a Grand Duchess.

[ferngully]

i thought titania in mudsummer nights dream was tatiana once, and that was before i knew of the romanovs
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[Romanov_fan]

Titania and Tatiana could be confused, although I have never confused them at all. But I see your point-two names much alike in spelling, even sound, but coming from different places and with different meanings, can be confused.

[lovy]

in english, tatiana's name is pronounced "tah-tee-ana" but i think in russian its pronounced "tah-tee-ani"

[Tania]

Georgiy, is correct !  

Tatiana

[julia.montague]

The reason, why it's spelled different in different languages is, that then it turns out to be pronounced the same

[Georgiy]

In Russian, if you said it as Tatian-ee, that would be putting into the Genetive case: i.e. Tatiana's.

[Ally Kumari]

I have found a meaning of Tatiana´s name: it is the name of a girl, who come from an ancient Roman family of Tatias. It also means "to apoint" or "to divide". The source is the largest database of names in Czech.

[Raegan]

I have found a meaning of Tatiana´s name: it is the name of a girl, who come from an ancient Roman family of Tatias. It also means "to apoint" or "to divide". The source is the largest database of names in Czech.

Really? I have always read in name books that Tatiana means "Fairy Princess" or "Fairy Queen."

[Ally Kumari]

Really. Just last week they also were discussing the name in the radio and they said it wasn´t of Slavonic origin (which surprised my mother) but of Romano, and it was simply a nem given to a girl very highly born...

[Tati-Fan]

Titania is the name of the queen of the fairies in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.  The name was also used as an epithet for some of the daughters of the Titans from Graeco-Roman mythology.

Tatiana, however, is a different name with a different origin.  It is the feminine form of the Roman family name Tatianus, which is an adjective that means "of Tatius," where Tatius was the name of a king of the Sabines, who afterwards reigned jointly with Romulus of Rome.  I like how such a royal girl had such a royal name.

[GD Alexandra]

Antie is correct. They are two different names, with different origins. Tatiana, very Royal.

No Pasha,
Georgi is correct. The proper pronunciation is "Taht'yana" not Tah-Tee-ana

Taking the risk of being a pain with the names thing...After the pronunciation explained by Robert; Can we write the name like this: "Tatyana"?
OR "Tatiana" is the right way of writing it?
OR Maybe both are correct?

[Raegan]

Taking the risk of being a pain with the names thing...After the pronunciation explained by Robert; Can we write the name like this: "Tatyana"?
OR "Tatiana" is the right way of writing it?
OR Maybe both are correct?

I think that maybe both spellings are correct? I know I have seen people spell it both ways before.

[Sarushka]

Yes, both spellings are correct. It depends on which transliteration system you use to convert between cyrillic and latin letters. я can be spelled as "ia" or "ya" in English depending on which system you use. American English most commonly uses "Tatiana" because the Library of Congress transliteration system represents я as "ia."


This site includes a transliteration table for the cyrillic alphabets used in 6 slavic languages, showing the six most widely used transliteration systems:
http://www.lib.uoi.gr/online/mathrev/mrindex/cyrillic.pdf