Tanja ( sr, Тања) is a feminine given name. It may refer to:
Mononyms
*''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as
Tanja Mihhailova
Tatjana Mihhailova-Saar (russian: Татьяна Михайлова, born 19 June 1983), better known as Tanja or Tanja Mihhailova is a Russian-Estonian pop singer and actress. She was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, and has lived in Estonia from ...
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Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978), Macedonian handball player
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Tanja Bogosavljević
Tanja Bogosavljević (born sr-cyr, тања Богосављевић; April 24, 1989) is a Serbian handballer playing in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Muratpaşa Bld. SK and the Serbia national team. The -tall sportswoman is pla ...
(born 1989), Serbian handball player
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Tanja Bošković (born 1953), Serbian actress
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Tanja Carovska, Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer
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Tanja Chub (born 1970), Ukrainian-Dutch draughts player
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Tanja Damaske
Tanja Damaske (born 16 November 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships. A year earlier she earned a b ...
(born 1971), German javelin thrower
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Tanja Dickenscheid (born 1969), German field hockey player
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Tanja Dragić
Tanja Dragić ( sr-cyr, Тања Драгић, born May 15, 1991) is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia competing mainly in category F12/13 javelin events.
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the ...
(born 1991), Serbian Paralympian athlete
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Tanja Eisenschmid (born 1993), German ice hockey player
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Tanja Eisner (born 1980), Ukrainian and German mathematician
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Tanja Fajon (born 1971), Slovenian politician and a journalist
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Tanja Frieden (born 1976), Swiss snowboarder
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Tanja Godina
Tanja Godina (born 21 September 1971 in Maribor) is a retired female backstroke swimmer from Slovenia. She was the only woman in the Slovenian Swimming Squad (five swimmers) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain
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(born 1970), Slovenian backstroke swimmer
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Tanja Hart (born 1974), German volleyball player
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Tanja Hess, German bobsledder
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Tanja Jacobs, Canadian actor and director
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Tanja Jadnanansing (born 1967), Dutch politician, television presenter and communication employee
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Tanja Kari
Tanja Kari is a Finnish Paralympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing. She is an amputee missing a right arm. In 2003, she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disabil ...
, Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier
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Tanja Karišik-Košarac (born 1991), Bosnian cross country skier
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Tanja Karpela (born 1970), Finnish politician and former Miss Finland
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Tanja Kiridžić (born 1986), Croatian handball player
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Tanja Karišik (born 1991), cross country skier and athlete from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tanja Klein (born 1969), German track and road cyclist
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Tanja Kolbe
Tanja Kolbe (born 7 September 1990) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With Stefano Caruso, she won seven international medals and two German national silver medals. They placed eighth at the 2013 European Championships and competed at ...
(born 1990), German ice dancer
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Tanja Kostić (born 1972), Serbian-Swedish women's basketball player
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Tanja Kreil (born 1977), German electrician
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Tanja Krienke (born 1972), former competitive figure skater for East Germany
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Tanja Liedtke (1977–2007), German-born professional choreographer and dancer
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Tanja Lorentzon (born 1971), Sweden-Finnish actress
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Tanja Mayer (born 1993), Swiss athlete and bobsledder
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Tanja Mihhailova
Tatjana Mihhailova-Saar (russian: Татьяна Михайлова, born 19 June 1983), better known as Tanja or Tanja Mihhailova is a Russian-Estonian pop singer and actress. She was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, and has lived in Estonia from ...
(born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, known as Tanja
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Tanja Milanović (born 1977), Serbian handballer
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Tanja Miletić Oručević
Tanja Miletić Oručević (born 6 February 1970) is a Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator.
Life and career
She was born in 1970 in Sarajevo and has graduated in 1999 from the drama directing department of the AST National ...
(born 1970), Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator
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Tanja Morel (born 1975), Swiss skeleton race
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Tanja Nijmeijer (born 1978), Dutch guerilla fighter
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Tanja Ostojić (born 1972), performance artist from Yugoslavia
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Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019. She has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sydney since 1998 ...
(born 1969), Australian politician
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Tanja Ribič (born 1968), Slovenian actress and a singer
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Tanja Savić
Tanja Savić ( sr-cyr, Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian singer.
Career
In 2004, Savić auditioned for the first season of the singing competition show ''Zvezde Granda'', where she ultimately placed as the second runner-up. Su ...
(born 1985), Serbian pop-folk singer
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Tanja Schärer (born 1989), Swiss freestyle skier
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Tanja Schmidt-Hennes (born 1971), German professional cyclist
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Tanja Schneider (born 1974), Austrian former alpine skier
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Tanja Schuck, German sprint canoer
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Tanja Slater (born 1978), road cyclist from United Kingdom
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Tanja Šmid, Slovenian swimmer
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Tanja Tuomi (born 1996), Finnish tennis player
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Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko (born 26 July 1977) is a German former figure skater and occasional actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1997 Champions Series Final silver medalist, 1998 European bronze medalist, and 1993 World Junior bronze med ...
(born 1977), German figure skater and actress
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Tanja Vrabel (born 1990), Slovenian football player
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Tanja Vučković (born 1981), Serbian handball player
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Tanja Wedhorn (born 1971), German actress
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Tanja Wenzel (born 1978), German film and TV actress
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Tanja Žakelj (born 1988), Slovenian racing cyclist
Fictional characters
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Tanja von Lahnstein
Tanja von Lahnstein (née Wittkamp, formerly von Anstetten) is a fictional character from the German soap opera '' Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)'', played by actress Miriam Lahnstein. She made her first appearance on-screen on 21 June 1995 a ...
, a fictional character from a German soap opera
Ships
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Tanja (ship, 1959)
The ''Tanja'' is an automobile ferry, built in 1959, that currently operates the Neu Darchau to Darchau Ferry across the Elbe river in Germany. The ship has previously carried the names ''Waal'' and ''Wijkse Veer''.
General information
The fe ...
, a ferry used on the Elbe in Germany
See also
*Alternate name of
Tanya, a given name
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Tanya (name)
Tanya is the Slavic hypocoristic of Tatiana. It is now quite commonly used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world.A Dictionary of First Names, Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges, Oxford University Press, 1990, .
The name's po ...
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Tania (name)
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Tonya (name)
Tonya is an English given name that is a short form of Antonia in use in Mexico, United States, most of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Pakistan, England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of ...
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Tonje
Tonje is a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name that originated from Old Norse as a short form of Antona and a variant of Torny that is in use in Denmark, Greenland, Norway and Sweden.
Origin
It has several origins:
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Tonia (name)
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