Nataliya
A Ukrainian and Russian spelling of Natalia, from a Greek name meaning "born on Christmas Day." Around 3,600 women in Poland carry it, few enough that most Poles have never met one, and newborns almost never receive it now.
Nataliya Pronunciation
Nataliya is pronounced nah-tahl-YIH-ah (/natalˈjɨa/).
What Nataliya means
Where Nataliya comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nataliya belongs to the Greek Christian East, where it grew up close to the feast of the Nativity. The short meaning is plain: born on Christmas day. Ukrainian and Russian families kept it in steady use, and the softer spelling Natalia became the variant that traveled furthest.
Behind the name stands Saint Natalia of Nicomedia, a fourth-century figure venerated across the Eastern church. Her memory helped fix the name in Slavic soil. So a girl called Nataliya held a link to the December feast long before she could read it on a form.
In a Polish class register the form usually settles as Natalia. Both spellings point back to one idea, the day of birth turned into a day of faith. That is why the sense stays tied to a single date. Born on Christmas.
How many people are named Nataliya
1 in 6283 women in Poland is named Nataliya. 3,588 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #554 among female names.
Nataliya as a middle name
Nataliya is a first name for 3,588 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 6473rd, between Natalina (2) and Natalja (2).
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6471
2Nastya
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6472
2Natalina
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64732Nataliya
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6474
2Natalja
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6475
2Natalka