Entry № 7265 · Russian origin

Natalya Natalya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nah-TAHL-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Christmas birth (Russian + Pushkin's wife)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Russian)

A name that means "christmas birth (russian + pushkin's wife)".

Natalya is from the Russian Natalya (Наталья) — from the Latin natalis (birth, Christmas birth) — equivalent to English Natalie. Natalya Bonchuk — Russian actress.

Christmas birth (Russian-Latin).

The name in its native script.

Наталья
Transliteration
Natalya
Pronunciation
/ nəˈtɑːl.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Natalya stands.

Natalya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Natalyas before her.

Real people
Natalya Pushkina
Pushkin's wife + 1837 duel.
1812 – 1863
In fiction
Natalya
Russian Christmas birth.

Names connected to Natalya.

The number behind Natalya.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Natalya reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.