Meaning of the nameNatasha

Natasha is a female name of Russian origin, a diminutive of Natália, a name that comes from Latin nātālis, 'natal'.

Meaning

“Russian diminutive of Natália, from Latin nātālis, 'natal'”

Source: Behind the Name: Natasha · Wiktionary: Natália

People (2022): 20,659
Rank in Brazil: #1,039
Median age: 22 years
2010 Census: 16,380; people

Natasha in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Natasha, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (7,525 people).

20,557 women 102 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Natasha is most common

States with the highest share of people named Natasha in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.020%
Amazonas 0.017%
Roraima 0.017%
Acre 0.017%
Amapá 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	6,315	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	3,137	0.020%
Minas Gerais	1,427	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,302	0.012%
Paraná	1,131	0.010%
Pará	912	0.011%
Santa Catarina	797	0.011%
Ceará	706	0.008%
Amazonas	684	0.017%
Goiás	477	0.007%
Pernambuco	444	0.005%
Bahia	434	0.003%
Distrito Federal	404	0.014%
Maranhão	366	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	276	0.010%
Mato Grosso	257	0.007%
Espírito Santo	236	0.006%
Piauí	218	0.007%
Paraíba	162	0.004%
Alagoas	153	0.005%
Rondônia	147	0.009%
Acre	139	0.017%
Rio Grande do Norte	120	0.004%
Amapá	118	0.016%
Sergipe	116	0.005%
Roraima	107	0.017%
Tocantins	74	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Natasha

Wiktionary records Natasha, in Portuguese, as a borrowing from Russian Наташа (Natáša) and relates it to Natália; Behind the Name describes it as a Russian diminutive of Natalya, the Russian form of Natalia. For Natália, Wiktionary gives Latin Natalia, from nātālis, 'natal'. The name is almost always female and is concentrated among people born from the 1990s on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,659 people named Natasha, with a median age of 22; proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Natasha · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Natasha · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Natalya · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Natália · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Natasha

What does the name Natasha mean?

Natasha means “Russian diminutive of Natália, from Latin nātālis, 'natal'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Natasha in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,659 people with the first name Natasha, which ranks it number 1,039 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Natasha a boy's or a girl's name?

Natasha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 20,557 women and 102 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Natasha?

Natasha is a name of Slavic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Natasha most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.020% of the state's population is named Natasha (3,137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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