Natalja

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Natal'Ja in CI Côte d’Ivoire, MX Mexico, CO Colombia and Nataļja in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Natalja is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name10K records spelled Natalja11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

  Also written Natal'Ja, Nataļja, Natalj̕a

• Norwegian Bokmål given name999 records spelled Natalja8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Nataļja

• a separate given name184 records spelled Natalja6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Latvia

  Also written Natal'Ja, Nataļja, Natalj́a, Nataľja, Natal’ja

• Hungarian given name125 records spelled Natalja4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia

  Also written Natal'Ja, Natálja, Nataļja

• Italian given name52 records spelled Natalja2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States

  Also written Nataļja

• Indonesian given name44 records spelled Natalja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Russia

  Also written Nataļja

• Thai given name37 records spelled Natalja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Russia

  Also written Natal'Ja

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Natalja is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., russische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nathalie Sarrauteb. 1900FRnot in their usual nameFrench lawyer and writer (1900–1999)
• Natalia Makarovab. 1940RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and American ballet dancer
• Natalya Lisovskayab. 1962FRnot in their usual nameRussian athletics competitor
• Natasha Korolevab. 1973RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
• Radveda Poklonskayab. 1980UAnot in their usual nameRussian lawyer, politician and diplomat
• Natalia Vodianovab. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian model
• Natasha Polyb. 1985RUnot in their usual nameRussian model
• Glukozab. 1986RUnot in their usual nameRussian singer
• Natalia Gordienkob. 1987MDnot in their usual nameMoldovan singer
• Natalia Kuziutinab. 1989RUnot in their usual nameRussian judoka

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 91 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Natalja?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Natalja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Natalja have the most bearers?

Natalja is most frequently recorded in Estonia, where it is most often spelled natalja.

Where is Natalja most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Natalja is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 177 people — even though Estonia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Natalja compared with other names?

In Estonia, Natalja is the 14th most common given name of 14,570 given names recorded there.

Is Natalja a male or female name?

Natalja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Natalja mean?

Recorded meaning: A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ната́лья (Natálʹja)