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Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world.^[1] The name's popularity among English-speakers (and other non-Slavs) was originally due to the popularity of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, whose heroine is named Tatiana "Tanya" Larina.

Variants include Tania (Ukrainian,^[1] Romanian^[2]); Tanja (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Norwegian, German, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Dutch, Slovene and Macedonian);^[1] Táňa (Czech); Tânia; (Portuguese); and Taanya (Levant and Indian subcontinent).^[2]

As of 2010 it was the 237th most common name in the United States, according to namestatistics.com, which uses US Census data.^[3]

People with the name

• Lara Saint Paul, born Silvana Savorelli (1945–2018), also known as Tanya, Italian Eritrean singer, entertainer and record producer
• Major Tanya, stage name of Noelle Rose, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• Tanya Burr (born 1989), English vlogger and blogger
• Tanya Byron (born 1967), a British psychologist
• Tanya Chan (born 1971), a legislator in Hong Kong
• Tanya Chisholm (born 1983), American actress and dancer
• Tanya Christiansen, American mathematician
• Tanya Chua (born 1975), a singer in Singapore
• Tania Coleridge (born 1966), British model/Girl in Father Figure music video
• Tanya Compas, British activist
• Tanya Donelly (born 1966), singer/guitarist for Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly
• Tanya Dubnicoff (born 1969), Canadian track cyclist
• Tanya Dziahileva (born 1991), Belarusian model
• Tanya Garcia (born 1981), Filipina television and film actress
• Tanya Haden (born 1971), daughter of jazz double bassist Charlie Haden, wife of actor Jack Black
• Tanya Hansen (born 1973), Norwegian pornographic actress.
• Tanya Hughes (born 1972), American high jumper
• Tanya Hunks (born 1980), Canadian swimmer
• Tanya Kappo, Canadian lawyer and Indigenous rights activist
• Tanya Mercado (as known as Gina Lynn) (born 1974), Puerto Rican pornographic actress
• Tanya Moore (1955–1986), American murder victim
• Tanya Oxley (born 1979), Barbadian track and field sprinter
• Tanya Plibersek (born 1969), Australian politician and Minister for Health
• Tanya Ravichandran, Indian actress
• Tanya Roberts (1949–2021), actress
• Tanya Ryno, producer
• Tanya Savicheva (1930–1944), Russian child diarist who died in 1944 during the Siege of Leningrad
• Tanya Snyder (born 1967), American businesswoman
• Tanya Tagaq (born 1975), Canadian Inuk throat singer
• Tanya Tate (born 1979), a US-UK porno actress
• Tanya Taylor, Canadian fashion designer
• Tanya Tucker (born 1958), American country music singer

Fictional characters

• Tan-ya, main character in Korean fantasy/mythology Arthdal Chronicles, foretold to be the direct descendant of a goddess
• Tanya, character in Jacqueline Wilson novel Bad Girls
• Tanya, character in the Mortal Kombat universe
• Agent Tanya Adams, soldier in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert video game series
• Tanya Branning, in the British TV soap opera EastEnders
• Tanya Mousekewitz, from the film An American Tail
• Tanya Robertson, from the movie Sleepwalkers
• Tanya Sloan, character from Power Rangers Turbo
• Tanya Turner, lead character on the ITV drama Footballers Wives
• Tanya von Degurechaff, main character in the light novel, manga, and anime series The Saga of Tanya the Evil