Baby name

FADING GIRL · RUSSIAN-GERMAN
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Natascha

/nah · TAH · shah/


“Christmas Day”

German and Dutch spelling of Natasha, the Russian diminutive of Natalia meaning 'birth day'; carried into Western Europe via Russian literary and cultural influence.

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How it ages.

Peaked in Germany in the 1980s; feels firmly retro but not unlovable.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany and Austria in the 1970s and 1980s; rare in new births since 2000.