Natasha

For other uses, see Natasha (disambiguation).

Natasha

Pronunciation	/nəˈtæʃə/   nə-TASH-ə /nəˈtɑːʃə/   nə-TAH-shə
Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Russian
Meaning	loved one, birthday, I am thankful [ citation needed ]
Other names
See also	Natalia, Natalie, Nataša

Natasha is a name of Russian origin. It is the diminutive form of the Latin name Natalia, which means "born on Christmas Day".

Notable people

• Natasha Adair (born 1972), American basketball coach
• Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer
• Natasha Akpoti (born 1979), Nigerian politician
• Natasha Al-Maani (1959–2023), Jordanian artist
• Natasha Al-Naber (born 1995), Jordanian footballer
• Natasha Alam (born 1973), Uzbekistani-American actress and model
• Natasha Alexenko (1973–2024), American-Canadian crime victim advocate
• Natasha S. Alford (born 1986), American journalist
• Natasha Ali (born 1988), Pakistani actress
• Natasha Allegri (born 1986), American creator, writer, storyboard revisionist, and cartoonist
• Natasha Alleyne (born 1969), Trinidad and Tobago high jumper
• Natasha Alquiros (born 1991), Filipina international footballer
• Natasha Ambo (born 1997), Papua New Guinean cricketer
• Natasha Anasi (born 1991), Icelandic and American footballer
• Natascha Artin Brunswick (1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer
• Natasha Arthy (born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer
• Natasha Asghar (born 1983), Welsh politician
• Natasha Bacchus (born 1977), Canadian sprinter
• Natascha Badmann (born 1966), Swiss triathlete
• Natasha Badhwar (born 1971), Indian author
• Natasha Bagration (1914–1984), Georgian noblewoman
• Natasha Baig (born 1992), Pakistani singer-songwriter
• Natasha Baker (born 1989), British para-equestrian
• Natasha Bargeus (born 1971), Australian basketball player
• Natasha Barker (born 1970), Australian weightlifter
• Natasha Barrett (disambiguation), several people
• Natasha Bassett (born 1992), Australian actress
• Natasha Beaumont (born 1974), Malaysian-Australian actress
• Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), British singer
• Natasha Behnam, American actress
• Natasha Bertrand (born 1992), American journalist
• Natascha Bessez (born 1986), American singer
• Natasha Bharadwaj, Indian actress
• Natasha Boas (born 1964), French-American writer and critic
• Natasha Borovsky (1924–2012), American poet
• Natasha Bowdoin (born 1981), American artist
• Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh writer
• Natasha Braier (born 1974), Argentine cinematographer
• Natasha Brennan (born 1986), English rugby union player
• Natasha Brown (author), British novelist
• Natasha Brown, American news anchor and reporter
• Natasha J. Cabrera, Canadian developmental psychologist
• Natasha Calis (born 1999), Canadian actress
• Natasha J. Caplen, British-American geneticist
• Natasha Carter (born 1986), British journalist and TV presenter
• Natasha Caruana (born 1983), photographic artist
• Natasha Chmyreva (born 1958), Russian tennis player
• Natasha Chokljat (born 1979), Australian netball player
• Natasha Choufani (born 1989), Lebanese actress
• Natasha Cloud (born 1992), American basketball player
• Natasha Coates (born c. 1995), British disabled gymnast
• Natasha Cockram (born 1992), Welsh marathon runner
• Natasha Collins (1976–2008), British actress and model
• Natasha Cooper, English crime fiction writer
• Natasha Cornett (born 1979), American murderer
• Natasha Corrett (born 1983), British chef and food writer
• Natasha Curry, American journalist and television host
• Natasha Daly (born 1979), English footballer
• Natasha Daultana, Pakistani politician
• Natasha David (born 1985), German bartender known for cocktail recipes
• Natasha Demkina (born 1987), Russian woman who claims to possess X-ray vision
• Natasha Desborough (born 1974), English radio presenter
• Natasha Devon (born 1981), writer, campaigner and broadcaster
• Natasha Devroye, Belgian and Canadian information theorist
• Natasha Domínguez (born 1990), Venezuelan actress
• Natasha Donovan, Canadian illustrator
• Natasha Doshi (born 1993), Indian film actress
• Natasha Dowie (born 1988), English football player
• Natasha Dupeyrón (born 1991), Mexican actress
• Natasha Eloi, English-Canadian television personality and videographer
• Natasha England (born 1952), Scottish singer
• Natasha Exelby, Australian journalist
• Natasha Falle (born 1973), Canadian human rights activist
• Natasha Farinea (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player
• Natasha Farrant, British children’s author
• Natasha Fatah (born 1980), Canadian journalist
• Natasha Ferreira (born 1999), Brazilian judoka
• Natasha Rosa Figueiredo (born 1996), Brazilian weightlifter
• Natasha Firman (born 1976), English racing driver
• Natasha Fisher, Canadian aboriginal musician
• Natasha Flint (born 1996), English football player
• Natasha Flyer (born 1969), American earth scientist and applied mathematician
• Natasha Fourouclas (born 1994), South African tennis player
• Natasha Fox, Australian Army officer
• Natasha Friend (born 1972), American author
• Natasha Fyles (born 1978), Australian politician
• Natasha Gajewski, American business executive
• Natasha Gale (born 1988), English boxer
• Natasha Sara Georgeos (born 1987), Saint Lucian swimmer
• Natasha Goldowski Renner, 20th-century physicist
• Natasha Gordon (born 1976), British playwright
• Natasha Gregson Wagner (born 1970), American actress
• Natasha Grey-Brookes (born 1981), Saint Kitts and Nevis politician
• Natasha Griggs (born 1969), Australian politician
• Natasha Grillo (born 1995), Italian cyclist
• Natascha Hagen, Austrian singer-songwriter
• Natasha Halevi (born 1982), American actress and director
• Natasha Hamilton (born 1982), British singer
• Natasha Hamilton-Hart, New Zealand business academic
• Natasha Hansen (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
• Natasha Harding (born 1989), Welsh footballer
• Natasha Hastings (born 1986), American sprinter
• Natasha Hastings (writer), British author
• Natasha Hausdorff (born 1989), British barrister, news commentator, and Israel advocate
• Natasha Henstridge (born 1974), Canadian actress
• Natasha Hill, American politician
• Natasha Hind (born 1989), New Zealand swimmer
• Natasha Hodgson (born 1986), English actress, singer, podcaster, writer and artistic director
• Natasha Holmes, physics education researcher
• Natasha Hovey (born 1967), Italian actress
• Natasha Howard (born 1991), American basketball player
• Natasha Howard (rower) (born 1980), British rower
• Natasha Hudson (born 1982), Malaysian actress
• Natasha Hunt (born 1989), English rugby player
• Natasha von Imhof (born 1970), American politician
• Natasha Irons, British politician
• Natascha Janakieva (born 1951), Bulgarian canoer
• Natasha Jiménez, Costa Rican trans and intersex activist
• Natasha Johns-Messenger, Australian sculptor and artist
• Natasha Jonas (born 1984), British boxer
• Natasha Joubert (born 1997), South African beauty queen
• Natasha Kai (born 1983), American soccer player
• Natasha Kaiser (born 1967), American athlete
• Natascha Kampusch (born 1988), Austrian author and kidnap survivor
• Natasha Kanapé Fontaine (born 1991), Canadian poet and actress
• Natasha Salifyanji Kaoma (born 1992), Zambian medical doctor
• Natasha Kaplinsky (born 1972), English TV presenter
• Natasha Katz, American lighting designer
• Natascha Keller (born 1977), German field hockey player
• Natasha Kelley (born 1990), American artistic gymnast
• Natasha Kermani, Iranian-American screenwriter and director
• Natasha Khan (born 1979), British singer
• Natasha Khristova (born 1969), Bulgarian swimmer
• Natasha Klauss (born 1975), Colombian actress
• Natasha Kline, American-Mexican animator, creator of Primos
• Natasha Korecki, American journalist
• Natasha Korniloff, Russian costume designer
• Natasha Korolyova (born 1973), Russian singer
• Natasha Kowalski (born 2003), German footballer
• Natasha Kroll (1914–2004), production designer
• Natasha Kuchiki (born 1976), American figure skater
• Natasha Lacy (born 1985), American basketball player
• Natasha Lako (born 1948), Albanian writer
• Natasha Law (born 1970), English artist
• Natasha Leggero (born 1974), American comedian and actress
• Natasha Lehrer, British writer and translator
• Natasha Little (born 1969), English actress
• Natasha Liu Bordizzo (born 1994), Australian actress
• Natasha Lloyd (born 1995), New Zealand swimmer
• Natasha Low (born 1993), Singaporean singer and actress
• Natasha Loring, South African actress
• Natasha Lyonne (born 1979), American actress
• Natasha Lytess (1913–1963), American acting coach
• Natasha Mack (born 1997), American basketball player
• Natasha Maclaren-Jones (born 1976), Australian politician
• Natasha Mannuela Halim (born 1994), Indonesian beauty queen
• Natasha Manor (born 1958), Israeli Russian actress
• Natasha Marcus (born 1969), American politician
• Natasha Marin, American-based artist, poet, and activist
• Natasha Marsh (born 1975), Welsh opera singer
• Natasha Mazzone (born 1979), South African politician
• Natascha McElhone (born 1969), British actress
• Natasha McKay (born 1995), Scottish figure skater
• Natasha McLean (born 1994), West Indian cricketer
• Natascha McNamara (born 1935), Australian academic, activist, and researcher
• Natasha Melnick (born 1984), American actress
• Natasha C. Merle (born 1983), American judge
• Natasha Miles (born 1988), Hong Kong cricketer
• Natasha Mitchell, Australian science journalist
• Natasha Moodie (born 1990), Jamaican swimmer
• Natasha Moraga, American-born Mexican tile artist
• Natasha Morrice (born 2000), British rower
• Natasha Morrison (born 1992), Jamaican sprinter
• Natasha Mostert, South African author and screenwriter
• Natasha Mozgovaya, American-Israeli journalist
• Natasha Ndowa (born 1998), Zimbabwean footballer
• Natasha Negovanlis (born 1990), Canadian actress and singer
• Natasha Newsome Drennan, Irish politician
• Natasha Ngan (born 1990), British author
• Natasha Nic Gairbheith (born 1981), Irish beauty queen
• Natasha Nobels (born 1980), Belgian cyclist
• Natasha Noel, Indian yoga instructor
• Natasha Noorani, Pakistani musician and ethnomusicologist
• Natasha Noy, Russian-born American computer scientist
• Natasha Ntlangwini, South African politician
• Natasha Oakley (born 1990), Australian Instagram model
• Natasha O'Brien, Irish woman attacked by an active-duty Irish soldier
• Natasha O'Keeffe (born 1986), British actor
• Natasha Olson-Thorne (born 1992), Hong Kong rugby player
• Natasha Andrea Oon (born 2001), Malaysian golfer
• Natasha Osawaru, Nigerian politician
• Natasha Oughtred, English ballerina
• Natasha Owens (born 1976), American Christian musician
• Natasha Pace (born 1974), Maltese footballer
• Natasha Page (born 1985), British rower
• Natasha Palha (born 1994), Indian tennis player
• Natasha Paremski (born 1987), Russian-American classical pianist
• Natasha Parry (1930–2015), English actress
• Natasha Pavlovich, Serbian-American businesswoman, actress, model and beauty pageant contestant
• Natasha Perdue (born 1975), British weightlifter
• Natasha Phillips (born 2005), British athlete
• Natasha Pincus, Australian filmmaker
• Natasha Poly (born 1985), Russian model
• Natasha Poonawalla (born 1981), Indian businesswoman
• Natasha Preston (born 1988), English novelist
• Natasha Prior (born 1998), English-born Australian soccer player
• Natasha Pulley (born 1988), British author
• Natasha Purich (born 1995), Canadian pair skater
• Natasha Pyne (born 1946), English actress
• Natasha Radojčić-Kane, American writer
• Natasha Radski, British actress
• Natasha Raikhel (born 1947), American botany professor
• Natasha Rastogi (born 1962), Indian actress
• Natasha Regan (born 1971), English chess player
• Natasha Reid (born 1981), birth name of American-South Korean singer Yoon Mi-rae
• Natasha Rhodes (born 1978), English-born author
• Natasha Richardson (1963–2009), English actress
• Natasha Rigby (born 1993), Australian soccer player
• Natasha Rosas (born 1993), Venezuelan footballer
• Natasha Rothwell (born 1980), American actress and writer
• Natasha Ryan (1984–2024), Australian person who disappeared for five years
• Natasha Sagardia, Puerto Rican bodyboarding World Gold Medalist
• Natasha Sajé, American poet
• Natasha Salguero (born 1952), Ecuadorian writer and journalist
• Natasha Sayce-Zelem, head of technology at Sky
• Natasha Scott (born 1990), Australian lawn bowler
• Natasha Semmynova (1980–2021), Portuguese drag performer
• Natasha Sharma (born 1987), Indian actress
• Natasha Sharp, several people
• Natasha Sheybani, American Biomedical Engineer
• Natasha Shirazi (born 1996), Ugandan footballer
• Natasha Shneider (1956–2008), Russian musician
• Natasha Sinayobye, Ugandan actress
• Natasha Smith, several people
• Natasha Solomons (born 1980), British author
• Natasha Soobramanien, Mauritian author
• Natasha Spender (1919–2010), English pianist and author
• Natasha St. Louis (born 1991), Trinidad and Tobago footballer
• Natasha St-Pier (born 1981), Canadian singer
• Natasha Stagg, American author
• Natasha Staniszewski (born 1978), Canadian sports reporter
• Natasha Stefanenko (born 1969), Russian-Italian actor-model
• Natasha Stillwell, English television host and producer
• Natasha Stott Despoja (born 1969), Australian politician
• Natasha Sturges, Australian windsurfer
• Natasha Subhash (born 2001), American tennis player
• Natasha Suri (born 1989), Indian model
• Natasha Sutherland (born 1970), South African actress
• Natasha Tang (born 1992), Hong Kong distance swimmer
• Natasha Thahane (born 1995), South African actress and model
• Natasha Theremin (born 1948), Russian musician
• Natasha Thomas, several people
• Natasha Trethewey (born 1966), American poet
• Natasha Tsukanova (born 1967), Russian businesswoman
• Natasha Vargas (born 1997), Panamanian model
• Natasha Vargas-Cooper (born 1984), American journalist and author
• Natascha Viljoen (born 1970), South African business executive
• Natasha Vita-More (born 1950), American artist and trans humanist
• Natasha Vlassenko (born 1956), Russian-Australian pianist
• Natasha Walter (born 1967), British feminist writer
• Natasha Wanganeen (born 1984), Australian actress
• Natasha Watcham-Roy (born 1992), Canadian rugby player
• Natasha Watley (born 1981), American softball player
• Natasha Wheat (born 1981), American artist
• Natasha Wightman (born 1973), British actress
• Natasha Williams (born 1971), British actress
• Natasha Wilson, New Zealand opera singer
• Natasha Wimmer (born 1973), American translator
• Natascha Wingelaar (born 1974), Dutch politician
• Natasha Wodak (born 1981), Canadian long-distance runner
• Natasha Wong (born 1967), New Zealand former rugby player
• Natasha Yarovenko (born 1979), Ukrainian-born actress
• Natasha Zinko, Ukrainian artist
• Natasha Zouves (born 1989), American journalist
• Natasha Zvereva (born 1971), Belarusian tennis player

Fictional characters

• Natasha, a baby Muppet in the PBS children's television series Sesame Street
• Commander Natasha, a character in Raj Comics
• Natasha Andersen, a character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Natasha Avalon, a.k.a. Nadeshiko Kinomoto, late mother of the title character in the manga/anime series Cardcaptor Sakura/Cardcaptors
• Natasha Blakeman, a character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street
• Alexis Davis (General Hospital) (born Natasha Cassadine), a character in the ABC soap opera General Hospital
• Natasha Fatale, a character in the 1960s animated television series The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
• Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, a character from Marvel Comics
• Natasha Rostova, a character in the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Tasha Yar, a character in the sci-fi television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Tasha, an anthropomorphic hippo character in the Nick Jr. animated preschool television series The Backyardigans
• Tasha, a Greyhawk wizard in the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons
• Natasha Cioara, a playable character in Honkai Impact 3rd
• Natasha, a playable character in Honkai: Star Rail

Notable animals

• Natasha (monkey), a macaque at the Safary Park zoo near Tel Aviv, Israel

See also

• Natacha (given name)
• Nataša, given name
• Tasha, given name
• Latasha, given name