Tanja

This article deals with the female first name Tanja. For the other meanings, see Tanja (disambiguation) .

Tanja is a female given name .

Origin and Distribution

Tanja is a Russian pet form of Tatjana . Tanjusch (k) a or Tanjetschka are also used as belittling in Russian-speaking countries .

In the German-speaking world, Tanja is a given name that was mainly given in the 1970s; it was one of the ten most popular first names in West Germany from 1969 to 1977. In 1960 this first name was almost unknown in Germany, but since the mid-1980s its popularity has fallen sharply. In the GDR the first name Tanja was given very rarely.

name day

January 12th

variants

• Tania
• Tanija
• Tanya
• Tanni

Well-known namesake

• Tanja Becker-Bender (* 1978), German violinist
• Tanja Berg (* 1941), German pop singer
• Tanja Bruske (* 1978) German author and journalist
• Tanja Bulanowa (* 1969), Russian pop singer
• Tanja Damaske (* 1971), German athlete
• Tanja Dückers (* 1968), German writer and journalist
• Tanja Frank (* 1993), Austrian sailor
• Tanja Frieden (* 1976), Swiss snowboarder
• Tanja Geke (* 1971), German actress, singer and voice actress
• Tanja Ghetta (* 1973), Austrian actress and cabaret artist
• Tanja Gonggrijp (* 1976), Dutch diplomat
• Tanja Gönner (* 1969), German politician
• Tanja Gutmann (* 1977), Miss Switzerland 1997
• Tanja Hart (* 1974), German volleyball player
• Tanja Gisela Hewer , known as Michelle (* 1972), German pop singer
• Tanja Jonak (* 1970), German pop singer
• Tanja Kinkel (* 1969), German writer
• Tanja Kolbe (* 1990), German ice dancer
• Tanja Kreil (* 1977), won before the ECJ the right to armed service for women
• Tanja Lasch (* 1975), German pop singer
• Tanja Mairhofer (* 1976), Austrian TV presenter and actress
• Tanja Morel (* 1975), Swiss skeleton pilot
• Tanja Ostojić (* 1972), Serbian performance artist
• Tanja Padutsch (* 1993), German handball player
• Tanja Paulitz (* 1966), German non-fiction author and professor
• Tanja Poutiainen (* 1980), Finnish ski racer
• Tanja Rastetter (* 1971), German soccer player and trainer
• Tanja Ribič (* 1968), Slovenian singer and actress
• Tanja Rübcke (* 1969), German pop singer and musical performer
• Tanja Sawitschewa (1930–1944), Russian student who kept a diary during World War II
• Tanja Scheer (* 1964), German ancient historian
• Tanja Schneider (* 1974), Austrian ski racer
• Tanja Schumann (* 1962), German actress
• Tanja M. Schuster botanist
• Tanja Stelzer (* 1970), German journalist
• Tanja Szewczenko (* 1977), German figure skater and actress
• Tanja Vreden (* 1977), German soccer player
• Tanja Wedhorn (* 1971), German actress
• Tanja Wenzel (* 1978), German actress
• Tanja Wielgoß (* 1972), German manager
• Tanja Wörle (* 1980), German soccer player

See also

Wiktionary: Tanja  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ First name Tanja, Knud Bielefeld, www.beliebte-Vornamen.de
2. ↑ Genevolu; Program with which the regional frequency of first names can be determined. ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.