Natasha
The name goes back to Natalia, "born on Christmas day". Fewer than 700 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Natasha Pronunciation
What Natasha means
Where Natasha comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Natasha came into Polish through Russian, where it began as a warm, everyday form of Natalia. Its roots are Slavic, and its cultural home has long been Russian. Behind it sits a meaning older than the nickname: born on Christmas day, urodzona w Boże Narodzenie. That sense was attached to Natalia first, from a word for birth and the day of the Nativity, and Natasha inherited it as a daughter inherits a surname.
In Polish paperwork the name also appears as Natasza, spelled to fit local sound. Two spellings, one name. Teachers reading a class register may land on Natasza, while family keeps Natasha.
The name did not need to explain itself to travel. Tolstoy gave War and Peace a Natasha Rostova, and readers across Poland met her in translation. Whatever the diminutive, the older name Natalia stands behind it, and with it the Christmas meaning.
How many people are named Natasha
1 in 33448 women in Poland is named Natasha. 674 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1144 among female names.
Natasha's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1750 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024. Still the #1144 name among living women, even as it slips to #1750 among newborns.
Where Natasha is most popular
Natasha is most popular in Lower Silesian, 588% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+205%).
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Lower Silesian2 girls born+588%
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Masovian2 girls born+205%
Natasha as a middle name
Natasha is a first name for 674 women in Poland and a middle name for another 119, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 601st, between Virginia (120) and Olena (119).
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#599 Suzanne120
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#600 Virginia120
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#601 Natasha119
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#602 Olena119
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#603 Atena118