Tetiana
A Ukrainian name at root, from the family of Tatius. Around 91,000 women in Poland carry it, yet almost no one gives it now: not a single newborn girl last year.
Tetiana Pronunciation
Tetiana is pronounced tet-YAH-nah (/tɛtˈjana/).
What Tetiana means
Where Tetiana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tetiana is the Ukrainian form of a name that reaches back to a Roman family, the Tatii, and to their ancestor Titus Tatius, the Sabine king of old legend. The short meaning stays close to that root: from the family of Tatius. Across the Slavic world the name settled and grew Ukrainian, and today Tetiana belongs to Kyiv and Lviv as firmly as to that far older root.
The spelling changes with the country. In Polish records it appears as Tacjana; the wider international form is Tatiana; friends shorten it to Tania. Behind all of them stands Saint Tatiana of Rome, an early Christian martyr whose feast falls on 25 January.
On a Polish urząd form the name gets written out in full, Tetiana, with Tacjana waiting as the local variant. Call her Tania among friends. The formal spelling returns whenever a document asks. Same name, same Tatius behind it.
How many people are named Tetiana
1 in 247 women in Poland is named Tetiana. 91,308 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #129 among female names.
Tetiana's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Tetiana as a middle name
Tetiana is a first name for 91,308 women in Poland and a middle name for another 22, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1546th, between Sandrine (22) and Uliana (22).
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#1544 Salwina22
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#1545 Sandrine22
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#1546 Tetiana22
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#1547 Uliana22
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#1548 Uta22