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Tanya

American  
[tan-yuh, tahn-] / ˈtæn yə, ˈtɑn- /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Tanya Mouchawrab, 37, and her two daughters, Lily, 13, and Ivy, 11, stayed up late the night before making a trio of cakes – lemon, red velvet and rainbow.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

School board member Tanya Franklin spoke in a similar vein Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Tanya, a sales manager for a large fitness company, first started taking Wegovy to prove a point.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

“Quantum sensing is a priority,” said Tanya Monro, the chief scientist for Australia’s Department of Defence, which hosted a trial of the Q-CTRL gravity sensor on one of its ships.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Marina was able to manage because, in 1932, her own mother retired so she could look after Tanya.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein