Tatjana
The name goes back to Tatius, an old Roman family name, and reached Poland through Greek: "from the house of Tatius". Most Poles have never met one, and newborns are close to none.
Tatjana Pronunciation
Tatjana is pronounced taht-YAH-nah (/tatˈjana/).
What Tatjana means
Where Tatjana comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tatjana traces back to Tatius, an old Roman family name. The Greek world passed the name along, and its short meaning holds to that source: from the house of Tatius, or in Polish z rodu tacjuszy. The sense stayed close to the ancestor it names.
The spelling with a j found a comfortable home in German. Poland writes it Tacjana, the form you would see on a class register beside Tatiana, the smoother variant. The diminutive Tania trims any of these down to a quick, warm nickname, and it travels easily across languages.
The name also has a patron. Saint Tatiana, a Roman martyr, is honoured on the twelfth of January, which fixed the name to a real date on the calendar. Underneath each spelling waits the same Roman name, Tatius.
How many people are named Tatjana
1 in 93156 women in Poland is named Tatjana. 242 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1995 among female names.
Tatjana's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Tatjana as a middle name
Tatjana is a first name for 242 women in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1593rd, between Saoirse (21) and Wladyslawa (21).
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#1591 Rumbidzai21
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#1592 Saoirse21
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#1593 Tatjana21
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#1594 Wladyslawa21
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#1595 Zuzia21