Tanja
Meaning of Tanja
Tanja is a beautiful and unique name for a baby girl. With its origins in Croatia and Slovenia, this name carries a rich cultural heritage. Tanja is pronounced as TAH-nyah in Croatian and Slovene, and as TAHN-yah in German. This name also has variations such as Tanya and Tania. While Tanja may not be very popular in the United States, it has made appearances on the baby name charts in Ohio during the 1960s and 1970s. It ranked as high as 640th in 1964, showing that it was once favored by parents looking for something distinctive yet timeless.
Pronunciation
Croatian,Slovene
- Pronunced as TAH-nyah (/ˈta.ɲa/)
German
- Pronunced as TAHN-yah (/ˈtaːn.ja/)
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Notable People Named Tanja
| Tanja Fajon is a prominent Slovenian politician, leader of the Social Democrats, and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Slovenia, currently serving as the minister of foreign and European affairs in the government of Prime Minister Robert Golob. |
| Tanja Mihhailova-Saar - Tatjana Mihhailova-Saar, also known as Tanja, is a Russian-Estonian pop singer and actress who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. |
| Tanja Szewczenko is a German former figure skater and occasional actress, known for her achievements in the World and European championships. |
| Tanja Gönner is a German lawyer and politician serving as managing director of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). |
| Tanja Pawollek is a Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Poland women's national football team and for Eintracht Frankfurt in the German top-flight Frauen-Bundesliga. |
| Tanja Ostojić is a feminist performance artist whose work is inspired by her experiences as a non-European Union citizen, traveler, and female artist, and she refuses to claim any specific nationality. |
| Tanja Dezentjé was a Dutch woman who fought for the Indonesian National Revolution and later became a diplomat for the Republic of Indonesia. |
| Tanja Stupar-Trifunović is a renowned author from Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Tanja Tomašević Damnjanović is a Serbian politician and member of the Serbian Progressive Party, serving in the National Assembly of Serbia since 2014. |
| Tanja Gellenthien is a Danish archer who won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the 2021 European Archery Championships. |
| Tanja Schultz is a German computer scientist specializing in speech processing and is a professor of computer science at the University of Bremen. |
| Tanja Lorentzon - Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon, also known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist, recognized for her role as Sonja Modig in the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. |
| Tanja Carovska is a Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer. |
| Tanja Malti Jadnanansing is a Dutch politician and former television presenter known for her work in higher education and science policy. |
| Tanja Wedhorn is a German actress who studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts and lives in Berlin with her two sons. |
