Natasha
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| Natasha | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /nʌˈtɑːʃə/ nu-TAH-shə, /nəˈtæʃə/ nə-TASH-ə |
| Gender | female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian Russian |
| Meaning | Birthday or born near Christmas |
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Natasha (Russian: Ната́ша) is a name of Russian origin. The name is the diminutive form of Natalia, which in turn derives from the Latin Dies Natalies, meaning "Natal Day" or "Birthday" in reference to the traditional birth of Jesus. It was traditionally given to girls born around Christmas.[1][unreliable source?] The "aftermath of jesus" [a.d.1260]
Notable people
- Natasha Aguilar, Costa Rican freestyle swimmer
- Natasha Arthy, Danish director and producer
- Natasha Beaumont, Australian actress born in Kuala Lumpur
- Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- Natascha Bessez, American singer
- Natascha Börger, Miss Germany 2002, Miss Top Model of the World 2002, and Miss Baltic Sea 2002
- Natasha Bradley, R&B/Pop singer
- Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player
- Natasha Collins, British actress and model
- Natasha Demkina, Russian girl who claimed to possess paranormal vision
- Natasha Desborough, radio presenter
- Natasha Dowie, English football player
- Natasha Eloi, Canadian television personality and videographer
- Natasha England, Scottish pop singer sometimes credited mononymously as Natasha
- Natasha Falle, Canadian human rights activist
- Natasha Fatah, Canadian Journalist
- Natasha Galkina, America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8 Runner Up
- Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
- Natasha Hamilton, British singer
- Natasha Henstridge, Canadian film actress
- Natasha Kaiser, American athlete
- Natasha Kaplinsky, British news presenter
- Natasha Khan, British singer known under her stage name Bat For Lashes
- Natasha Klauss, Columbian actress
- Natasha Kuchiki, American pairs figure skater
- Natasha Law, English artist
- Natasha Leggero, American stand-up comic and character actor
- Natasha Little, British actress
- Natasha Lyonne, American film actress
- Natascha Kampusch, an Austrian author who was kidnapped at the age of 10 years
- Natasha Marsh, Soprano Opera singer
- Natascha McElhone, British actress
- Natasha Melnick, American television and film actress
- Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer
- Natasha Nic Gairbheith, former Miss Ireland
- Natasha Obama, (nicknamed Sasha) second daughter of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, see Family of Barack Obama#Malia Ann Obama and Sasha Obama
- Natasha Paracha, Miss Pakistan World 2008
- Natasha Poly, a Russian top model
- Natasha Pyne, British actress
- Natasha Richardson, Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family
- Natasha Shneider, Russian musician
- Natasha St. Pier, Canadian singer
- Natasha Stillwell, TV host and producer
- Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
- Natasha Vlassenko, Russian-Australian pianist
- Natasha Watley, American softball player
- Natasha Wightman, British actress
- Natasha Zlobina, Uzbekistan actress and model
- Natasha Zvereva, Belarusian tennis player
Natasha gomes (dance)
Fictional people
- Natasha, a female cleric in the video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Natasha, a female Red Army sniper in Counter-Strike Online
- Natasha, a Soviet Union commando in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
- Commander Natasha, a fictional character in Raj Comics
- Natasha Andersen, a fictional character in Hollyoaks
- Alexis Davis (born Natasha Cassadine), a character in the TV series General Hospital
- Natasha Dooley, a character in the film Cyberbully
- Natasha Fatale, a fictional character from Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Natasha Kapoor/Sharma, a character in the TV series Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
- Natasha Oberoi, a character in Amrit Manthan
- Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, a fictional character from Marvel Comics
- Natasha Rostova, a character in the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- Natasha Sax, a fictional Russian character in the film Max Payne
- Natasha Yar, a fictional character Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Natasha Zabicov, the guard of Neo Russia's Argo Gulskii in Mobile Fighter G Gundam
- Tasha, the Greyhawk wizard who created the spell Tasha's Uncontrollable Hideous Laughter.
Other Natashas
- Natasha (monkey), a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel
- Natasha's Story, a 1994 nonfiction novel
- "Natasha", a song on the 2003 album Want One by Rufus Wainwright
- Natacha (comics), a French comic about an air hostess
See also
References
- ↑ A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman. Perigee Books, 2003 ISBN 0-399-52894-6 pg. 140
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