Entry № 7267 · Russian origin

Natasha Natasha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ nah-TAH-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Russian
Meaning
"Born on Christmas (Natasha Romanoff Black Widow; Natasha Lyonne)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Russian)

A name that means "born on christmas (natasha romanoff black widow; natasha lyonne)".

Natasha is the Russian diminutive of Natalia — from the Latin natale Domini ("birthday of the Lord," Christmas). Natasha Bedingfield ("Unwritten" 2004, "Pocketful of Sunshine" 2008). Natasha Kaplinsky — BBC newsreader.

Born on Christmas.

The name in its native script.

Наташа
Transliteration
Natasha
Pronunciation
/ nəˈtɑː.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Natasha stands.

Natasha 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.

Natashas before her.

Real people
Natasha Lyonne
American actress and creator.
born 1979
Natasha Richardson
English Tony actress.
1963 – 2009
Natasha Bedingfield
British singer.
born 1981
In fiction
Natasha Romanoff
Marvel's Black Widow.
2010
Natasha Rostova
Tolstoy's War and Peace.
1869

Names connected to Natasha.

The number behind Natasha.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Natasha reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.