Tanja () is a feminine given name. It may refer to:

Mononyms

*''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as

Tanja Mihhailova Tatjana Mihhailova-Saar (, 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 a very young age. Tanja has been a member ...

Given name

Tanja Andrejeva Tanja Andrejeva () (born 17 June 1978 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is a retired Macedonian handball goalkeeper that played for ŽRK Metalurg and for the Macedonia women's national handball team. Career Tanja started her handball career at ...

(born 1978), Macedonian handball player *

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 *

Tanja Bošković Tanja Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тања Бошковић; born 27 June 1953) is a Serbian actress. She has performed in more than forty films since 1974. Selected filmography Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boskovic, ...

(born 1953), Serbian actress *

Tanja Carovska Tanja Carovska (, ; born 19 March 1980 in Resen (town), Resen, North Macedonia, Macedonia) is a Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer. Style Her style is described as belonging to the Music of Southeastern Europe, Balkan and Byzantine harmo ...

, Macedonian singer, songwriter, and composer * Tanja Chub (born 1970), Ukrainian-Dutch draughts player * Tanja Damaske (born 1971), German javelin thrower *

Tanja Dickenscheid Tanja Roswitha Dickenscheid (born 17 June 1969 in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the national squad that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She competed in t ...

(born 1969), German field hockey player *

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 held in London London is the Capital city, c ...

(born 1991), Serbian Paralympian athlete *

Tanja Eisenschmid Tanja Eisenschmid (born 20 April 1993) is a German ice hockey player and member of the German national team, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam. She attended the University of North Dakota and ...

(born 1993), German ice hockey player *

Tanja Eisner Tatjana (Tanja) Eisner (née Lobova, born 1980) is a German and Ukrainian mathematician specializing in functional analysis, operator theory as well as ergodic theory and its connection to number theory. She is a professor of mathematics at Leipzi ...

(born 1980), Ukrainian and German mathematician *

Tanja Fajon Tanja Fajon (born 9 May 1971) is a Slovenian politician, former leader of Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Slovenia. She has been serving as the minister of fore ...

(born 1971), Slovenian politician and a journalist *

Tanja Frieden Tanja Frieden (born 6 February 1976, in Bern) is a Swiss snowboarder. She won a gold medal in the inaugural Snowboard Cross competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. In the Snowboard Cross finals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Frieden was in secon ...

(born 1976), Swiss snowboarder *

Tanja Godina Tanja Godina (born 21 September 1971 in Maribor) is a retired female backstroke swimming, backstroke swimmer from Slovenia. She was the only woman in the Slovenian Swimming Squad (five swimmers) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, an ...

(born 1970), Slovenian backstroke swimmer * Tanja Groen (born 1975), Dutch teenage woman who has been missing since 1993 * Tanja Hart (born 1974), German volleyball player * Tanja Hess, German bobsledder *

Tanja Jacobs Tanja Jacobs is a Belgian-born Canadian actress and theatre director. She originated the role of Constance Ledbelly in Anne-Marie MacDonald's '' Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).'' Early life Jacobs was born in Belgium to German pare ...

, Canadian actor and director * Tanja Jadnanansing (born 1967), Dutch politician, television presenter and communication employee * Tanja Kari, Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier * Tanja Karišik-Košarac (born 1991), Bosnian cross country skier *

Tanja Karpela Tanja Tellervo Karpela (''née'' Vienonen; ''previously'' Karpela and Saarela; born 22 August 1970) is a Finnish former politician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Finland 1991. She was a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2 ...

(born 1970), Finnish politician and former Miss Finland *

Tanja Kiridžić Tanja Kiridžić (born 7th July 1986 in Pula, Croatia) is a Croatian former team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players eac ...

(born 1986), Croatian handball player *

Tanja Karišik Tanja () is a feminine given name. It may refer to: Mononyms *''Tanja'' (born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, also known as Tanja Mihhailova Given name *Tanja Andrejeva (born 1978), Macedonian handball player *Tanja Bogosavljević (born 1989), ...

(born 1991), cross country skier and athlete from Bosnia and Herzegovina *

Tanja Klein Tanja Klein (born 20 November 1969 in Munich, Germany) is a track and road cyclist who represented Austria. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlant ...

(born 1969), German track and road cyclist *

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 a ...

(born 1990), German ice dancer *

Tanja Kostić Tanja Kostić (; born November 10, 1972) is a Swedish retired women's basketball player best known for playing with the Oregon State Beavers from 1993 to 1996. She won a EuroLeague Women in 1998 with CJM Bourges Basket. Early life Kostic was b ...

(born 1972), Serbian-Swedish women's basketball player *

Tanja Kreil Tanja Kreil (born 1977) is a German electronic engineer notable for filing a lawsuit against the German government that resulted in the German military opening up all trades to women. Previously, women were only permitted to serve in the medical ...

(born 1977), German electrician *

Tanja Krienke Tanja Krienke (born 13 December 1972) is a former competitive figure skater for East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its for ...

(born 1972), former competitive figure skater for East Germany *

Tanja Liedtke Tanja Michaela Karin Liedtke (6 October 1977 – 17 August 2007) was a German-born professional choreographer and dancer. She was most noted as a dancer, choreographer and director of contemporary dance in Australia and Europe. Early life an ...

(1977–2007), German-born professional choreographer and dancer *

Tanja Lorentzon Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Lorentzon (née Tanja Mirjam Cecilia Koukonen; born 25 September 1971), previously known as Tanja Svedjeström, is a Sweden-Finnish actress and dramatist of Finnish descent. Internationally, she is probably best known for h ...

(born 1971), Sweden-Finnish actress *

Tanja Mayer Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013. Bobsleigh On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won ...

(born 1993), Swiss athlete and bobsledder *

(born 1983), Russian-Estonian singer, known as Tanja *

Tanja Milanović Tanja Milanović (born 15 June 1977) is a former handballer from Serbia, playing left back. She set her career in October 2010. Among the clubs she played for are ŽORK "Napredak" Kruševac, Madeira Andebol SAD, Randers HK, FC Midtjylland H� ...

(born 1977), Serbian handballer * Tanja Miletić Oručević (born 1970), Bosnian theatre director, academic lecturer, and translator * Tanja Morel (born 1975), Swiss skeleton race * Tanja Nijmeijer (born 1978), Dutch guerilla fighter *

Tanja Ostojić Tanja Ostojić (born 19 August 1972 in Užice, Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia) is a feminist performance artist. Her work draws inspiration from her own experience as a non-European Union citizen, a traveler and female artist. Ostojić has lived in ...

(born 1972), performance artist from Yugoslavia *

Tanya Plibersek Tanya Joan Plibersek (born 2 December 1969) is an Australian politician who has been Minister for Social Services in the Albanese government since 2025. She was previously the Minister for the Environment and Water from 2022 to 2025. She was ...

(born 1969), Australian politician *

Tanja Ribič Tanja Ribič (born 28 June 1968) is a Slovenian actress and singer. Biography Ribič graduated from the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana. She has been a member of Ljubljana City Theatre since 1992. She represented ...

(born 1968), Slovenian actress and a singer *

Tanja Savić Tanja Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Тања Савић; born 20 March 1985) is a Serbian singer. Career In 2004, Savić rose to prominence by competing on the first season of the singing competition show '' Zvezde Granda'', where she ultimately placed as t ...

(born 1985), Serbian pop-folk singer *

Tanja Schärer Tanja Schärer (born 17 June 1989 in Schlieren) is a Swiss freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. Schärer competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. She placed 19th in the qualifying round of the aerials, failing to advance to ...

(born 1989), Swiss freestyle skier *

Tanja Schmidt-Hennes Tanja Schmidt-Hennes (born 30 June 1971 in Attendorn) is a former German professional cyclist. She was part of the 2007 Team Flexpoint and the 2008 Team Specialized Designs for Women. She retired in 2009. Notable results ;2002 *3rd overall in ...

(born 1971), German professional cyclist * Tanja Schneider (born 1974), Austrian former alpine skier * Tanja Schuck, German sprint canoer * Tanja Slater (born 1978), road cyclist from United Kingdom * Tanja Šmid, Slovenian swimmer * Tanja Tuomi (born 1996), Finnish tennis player * Tanja Szewczenko (born 1977), German figure skater and actress * Tanja Vrabel (born 1990), Slovenian football player *

Tanja Vučković Tanja Vučković ( sr-cyr, Тања Вучковић; born 22 June 1981) is a Serbian female handballer playing in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Zağnos SK and the Serbian national team. The -tall sportswoman plays in the back ...

(born 1981), Serbian handball player *

Tanja Wedhorn Tanja Wedhorn (born 14 December 1971 in Witten) is a German actress. She studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts and lives in Berlin. She has two sons. Tanja Wedhorn became famous for her performance in the leading role of Germany' ...

(born 1971), German actress * Tanja Wenzel (born 1978), German film and TV actress * Tanja Žagar (born 1982) * Tanja Žakelj (born 1988), Slovenian racing cyclist

Fictional characters

Tanja von Lahnstein Tanja von Lahnstein (née Wittkamp, formerly von Anstetten) is a fictional character from the German soap opera '' Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)'' on Das Erste, portrayed by actress Miriam Lahnstein from 1995 to 1998, in 2001, and again from 20 ...

, a fictional character from the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe''

Ships

* Tanja (ship, 1959), a ferry used on the Elbe in Germany

Mononyms

Given name

Fictional characters

Ships

See also