Natalia (given name)

Natalia is a female given name with the original Late Latin meaning of "Christmas Day" (cf. Latin natale domini). It is currently used in this form in Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Polish.^[1] Other forms and spellings include Natalie/Nathalie (French, Dutch, English and German), Natálie (Czech), Natália/Nathália (Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian), Natalia (Russian), Nataliya or Nataliia (Ukrainian), Natalija (Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene and Macedonian)^[2] and Natàlia (Catalan).

Notable people with the given name Natalia

• Natalia of Nicomedia (died 306), martyr and saint
• Natalia (died 852), martyr of Riobard and saint
• Natalia (Belgian singer)
• Natalia (Spanish singer)
• Natalia Anciso, Chicana-Tejana contemporary artist and educator
• Natalia Avelon, Polish-German actress and singer
• Natalia Barbu, Moldovan singer
• Natalia Bessmertnova, Russian ballet dancer
• Natalia Doussopoulos, Greek singer
• Natalia Germanou, Greek lyricist, television hostess and DJ
• Natalia Gherman, Moldovan politician
• Natalia Ginzburg, Italian novelist and writer
• Natalia Gudina, Ukrainian-born Israeli figure skater
• Natalia Kills, English singer
• Natalia Kukulska, Polish singer
• Natalia Lafourcade, Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter
• Natália Lage, Brazilian actress
• Natalia Laschenova, Soviet Olympic champion gymnast
• Natalia Lesz, Polish singer
• Natalia Livingston, American actress
• Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan orchestral conductor
• Natalia Makarova, Russian Ballet dancer
• Natalia Navarro, Miss Colombia 2009
• Natalia Negru, Romanian writer
• Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer and actress
• Natalia Osipova, Russian ballet dancer
• Natalia Paruz, musical saw player
• Natalia Podolskaya, 2005 Eurovision Song contestant for Russia
• Natalia Poklonskaya, public prosecutor of Crimea
• Natalia Sedova, second wife of the Marxist theorist Leon Trotsky
• Natalia Shelikova, Russian fur trader
• Natalia Skobeeva, photographer and artist
• Natalia Sokol, Russian activist
• Natalia Starr, Polish pornographic actress
• Natalia Tena, British actress
• Natalia Verbeke, Argentinian actress
• Natalia Vodianova, Russian model
• Natalia Ammad, Pakistani (Lahore) Genius girl in Computer Architecture, born in 2005

Fictional characters

• Natalia, the protagonist of The Time of the Doves by Mercè Rodoreda
• Natalia Arlovskaya, the human name of Belarus in the anime/manga Hetalia: Axis Powers.
• Natalia Boa Vista in CSI: Miami
• Natalia Kaminski in the light novel and anime Fate/Zero
• Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear in the video game Tales of the Abyss
• Natalia Rivera Aitoro in the former CBS soap opera Guiding Light
• Natalia Romanova in the Marvel universe, alias Natasha Romanoff and Black Widow
• Natalia Rostova in War and Peace
• Natalia Shulmenski in Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Prom

See also

• Natalia (disambiguation), other meanings
• Natalie (given name)

References