Tanja - Meaning of Tanja

What does Tanja mean?

[ 2 syll. ta-nja, tan-ja ] The baby girl name Tanja is pronounced in German as TAAN-Yaa †. Tanja is primarily used in German, English, Finnish, Russian, and Slavic, and it is of Latin origin.

Tanja is a German spelling variant of the English and Russian name Tanya.

Tanja is also an English, Finnish, German, Russian, and Slavic diminutive form of Tatiana.

See also the related categories, english, latin, slavic, finnish, german, and russian.

Tanja is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1972 with 0.008% of baby girls being named Tanja. It ranked at #929 then. The baby name has since slipped in popularity, and is now used on a very light scale. In 2018, among the group of girl names directly related to Tanja, Tatiana was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Tanja include Taeney, Taeni, Taenie, Tahnee, Tahni, Tahnie, Taimee, Taimey, Taimie, Taimy, Taina, Tainee, Tainey, Taini, Tainie, Tainn, Taitam, Tama, Tamaa, and Tamah.

† Pronunciation for Tanja: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"



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