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[ 3 syll. na-tas-ha, nat-a-sha ] The girl name Natasha is pronounced NahTAASHah or NahTAESHah †. Natasha has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the English and Russian languages. Natasha is a pet form of the Russian and Slavic Natalya in the English and Russian languages and a variant form of the English, French, and German Natalie. Variants of Natasha include the Russian pet form Tashina and the Russian and Spanish short form Tasha. See also the related forms, the English Nakesha and the Scandinavian Natasja. Natasha is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name jumped in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. Its usage peaked modestly in 1982 with 0.228% of baby girls being given the name Natasha. It was #71 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #413 with a usage of 0.037%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Natalie, among all girl names in its family. It was 13 times more popular than Natasha in 2008. Baby names that sound like Natasha include the German and Russian Natascha, the Czech Nadeja, the French and Spanish Natacha, the English and Russian Natalka, the Greek, Czech, and Slavic Natasa, the Scandinavian Natasja, the name Natesa, the Japanese Natsuko, the French Nadege, the French Nadège, the Russian Nadka, the Russian Nadyusha, the Scottish Nandag, the Polish Natka, the name Netis, the Greek and German Nitsa, and the Hebrew Nitza. A famous person named Natasha is Poet Natasha Trethewey, born 26 April 1966, Gulfport, Mississippi.
† Pronunciation for Natasha: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
