Tanja
- Meaning:
- Short form of Tatjana (from the Roman family name Tatius)
- Origin:
- Latin
About the name Tanja
A short form of Tatjana, popular as an independent name across the Slavic world in the 20th century.
Popularity with newborns
Tanja has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
6,058 people in Croatia are called Tanja, according to the 2021 census. That is #167 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Tanja is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.