Tetjana
The Ukrainian form of Tatiana, so rare most Poles will never meet one: only about 44 women carry it. A Roman name at root, from the Tatius family.
Tetjana Pronunciation
Tetjana is pronounced tet-YAH-nah (/tɛtˈjana/).
What Tetjana means
Where Tetjana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tetjana is the Ukrainian spelling of Tatiana. The Latin Tatiana grew from Tatius, a Roman family name tied to Titus Tatius, a Sabine king from Rome's founding legends. The short meaning stays literal here: from the Tatius family.
A martyr fixed it in the calendar. Saint Tatiana of Rome gave the name its day, the 25th of January, marked in Ukraine and across the Orthodox world. Students later claimed that date as their own holiday.
The spelling shifts by border. Polish registers hold Tacjana and Tatiana, while the warmer Tania does daily work at home and among friends. On a class list at a Polish szkoła, a Tacjana and a foreign-born Tetjana can sit one line apart, the same name in two dresses. What binds them is Tatius, the old Roman clan behind z rodu Tacjuszy.
How many people are named Tetjana
1 in 512360 women in Poland is named Tetjana. 44 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5814 among female names.