Tanya

My name is Tanya, pronounced Tahn-ya. Recently someone told me I pronounce my name incorrectly. Many times people mispronounce my name and I don’t normally let it bother me. But someone telling me that I’m pronouncing or spelling my name wrong just got under my skin.
I had a Russian friend who was named Tatiana tell me my name is short for Tatiana and that she sometimes goes by Tanya spelled the same way.
My parents originally wanted to name me Tasha, however my non-English speaking paternal grandmother couldn’t pronounce it. Sometimes I wish they would have just stuck with it so I didn’t constantly get called Tan-ya.

My name is pronounced Tan-Ya although many people do mispronounce it Tawn-ya. I'm fine with it but I will tell them the correct pronunciation if they ask. I really don't get bent out of shape about it; I do love the way my name is pronounced though. I have a friend whose name is spelled Tonya and it is pronounced Tone-Ya. She does get annoyed when people pronounce it Tahn-ya and I can kind of understand why... it's not spelled that way!

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I do remember reading elsewhere that it was also a derivative of Anya, but it doesn't make sense to me. I can see it being a derivative of Tatania or even Tatianna (a little) but no matter what, I love my name.

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Don't pay attention to others who criticize our name as being harsh sounding or unpleasant. As the prior commenter's handle suggests, opinions are like buttholes, everyone has one.

My parents named me Taunya ( Tahn-ya) because they didn't want people to call me Tan-ya. Not only do people still accidentally call me Tanya, they are more often than not confused and will often pause before trying to say my name. I used to not like my name because of this fact (and the boys used to tease me and call me "Tonga- queen of the Amazons" but I truly do like my name as it is unusual and I get many compliments from both men and women about how I they think I have a beautiful and exotic name. ❤️.

My name is Tanja pronounced Tahn-yah... My mom wanted to name me Tatiana.. but my dad, who was German wanted the German spelling. I have always hated my name. People always want to pronounce it different ways. I get called Tan-Ja, and Hispanics always want to say Tahn-Ha. My nickname is T. J or Teej. It's just annoying, but I have gotten to the point where I will just answer to whatever, lol.

I pronounce my name Tan-ya, as in the United States pronunciation should be. I am often called Tonya and do not like it at all. As for those saying they hate the name, or it is trashy and not classy... I get compliments on my name all the time. It is very unusual in the United States. Tonya is very common, but Tanya is not. I was born in 1975 and have only personally known 1 other person who spelled and pronounced their name the same as I do. I know Tanya Tucker is a famous person with that name and can't count the times people would reference her when I said my name... lol.

Russian pronunciation is TAHN-yah.

My mom's name was Tanya pronounced like tah-nya not taw-nya. I always thought they were two different names. I like her name better. I'm glad she didn't find out her name doesn't mean fairy queen before she died but she wouldn't have believed it anyways.

First I used to hate my name. Now I like it.
Occasionally I will get someone mispronouncing it. The "americanized" way, Tan-ya. It is a Russian name, there is no short a sound in the Russian language. Also there is no Russian spelling Tonya. If Tonya was used it would be be pronounced Tone - ya and would rhyme with Sonya.

My name is Tanya, and I pronounce it like Tonya. A lot of people either pronounce it wrong, or spell it wrong. Someone once pronounced my name as Tainya, and someone has spelled it like Toyna. I don't see how it is that hard to spell it. :P Sometimes pronouncing might be hard.

My name is pronounced "Tahn-ya" I have always thought that it would be better spelled "Tawnia OR Tawnya" I do not like the spelling "Tonya" because to me, that is "Toen ya"