Tanja
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.
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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
- ^ First name Tanja, Knud Bielefeld, www.beliebte-Vornamen.de
- ↑ 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.