Natasha

Where Natasha comes from

Borrowed from Russian Ната́ша (Natáša), an informal pet form of Ната́лья (Natálʹja), cognate to Natalie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Natasha
  • Russian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,802 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Natasha Richardson born
    British actress
  3. 1974
    Natasha Henstridge born
    Canadian actress
  4. 1986
    Peak, #70
    3,872 babies named Natasha — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #170.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian borrowed from Russian in the twentieth century, diminutive of Natalia and Natalya.
Namesakes
  • Natasha Richardson · British actress, 1963–2009
  • Natasha Henstridge · Canadian actress, born 1974
  • Natasha Lyonne · American actress, born 1979
  • Natasha St-Pier · Canadian singer, born 1981
  • Natasha Liu Bordizzo · Australian actress, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.