Entry № 2450 · Russian origin

Tatyana Tatyana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-tyah-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Setter / appointer (Tatyana Ali, Fresh Prince; Tatyana McFadden)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "setter / appointer (tatyana ali, fresh prince; tatyana mcfadden)".

Tatyana (Татья́на) is the Russian-spelling variant of Tatiana — from the Latin *Tatianus*, the feminine of *Tatius* (Titus Tatius was a Sabine king and co-ruler of Rome with Romulus, c. 750 BCE). **Tatyana Ali (born 1979)** — **American actress and singer; played Ashley Banks on NBC's *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990-1996) at ages 10-16; her 1998 debut single "Daydreamin'" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100; *Kiss the Sky* album sold 750,000 copies**. **Tatyana McFadden (born 1989)** — **American Paralympic wheelchair athlete; 20 Paralympic medals (7 gold) across five Paralympic Games (2004-2020); the only person ever to win the Boston, London, Chicago, and New York marathons in the same year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) — completing the "Grand Slam" of wheelchair marathoning four years in a row**. **Born in St. Petersburg, Russia with spina bifida; adopted from a Russian orphanage at age 6**. **Tatyana Tolstaya** — Russian author. **"Tatyana" is the heroine of Pushkin's *Eugene Onegin* (1825)**.

Featured throughout 1990s American TV and Paralympic athletics.

Setter. Tatyana Ali's Ashley Banks; Tatyana McFadden 20 Paralympic medals + 4 straight Grand Slams.

The name in its native script.

Татья́на
Transliteration
Tat'yana
Pronunciation
/ tɐtˈjæ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tatyana stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 700 in 1995
Babies named Tatyana · last year
110 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1980
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #700 NOW · —

Tatyanas before her.

Real people
Tatyana Ali
American actress and singer.
born 1979
Tatyana McFadden
American Paralympic athlete.
born 1989
In fiction
Tatyana Larina
Pushkin's Eugene Onegin.
1825

Names connected to Tatyana.

The number behind Tatyana.

3

The Communicator

Tatyana reduces to three — the number of Eugene Onegin.

Why families chose this name.

"Ali's setter. Seven letters. Tatyana."
Iryna · Mother of one · Saint Petersburg