First names in Hebrew

First name Tanya: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

טניה

Gematria value: 74

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tanya is written טניה

Meaning and origin

What does Tanya mean?

Meaning: Russian pet form of Tatiana, an old Latin name of uncertain meaning
Origin: Latin

Tanya is the Russian pet form of Tatiana, a name that goes back to an old Latin family name, Tatius, of uncertain meaning. Much loved in Russia, made famous by Pushkin's great poem Eugene Onegin, it spread in America in the 1970s.

Gematria

Tanya = 74

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. טניה has 4 letters:

• טthe letter Tet9
• נthe letter Nun50
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total74

The verse of the name

From the letter Tet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Tanya, from ט to ה:

טָעֲמָה כִּי־טוֹב סַחְרָהּ לֹא־יִכְבֶּה בַלַּיְלָה נֵרָהּ׃

“She senses that her trade is good; her lamp does not go out at night.”

Proverbs 31:18

The book of your first name

Tanya, in nine pages

• Tanya, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Tanya
• Tanya, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Tanya in three answers

How do you write Tanya in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tanya is written טניה.

What is the gematria value of Tanya?
Written טניה, Tanya is worth 74: the letter Tet (9) + the letter Nun (50) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Tanya mean?
Russian pet form of Tatiana, an old Latin name of uncertain meaning (origin: Latin). Tanya is the Russian pet form of Tatiana, a name that goes back to an old Latin family name, Tatius, of uncertain meaning. Much loved in Russia, made famous by Pushkin's great poem Eugene Onegin, it spread in America in the 1970s.