NATALYA

Natalya: translation

Russian: from theLate LatinnameNatālia, a derivative ofLatinnatālis(diēs) birthday, especially Christ's birthday, i.e. Christmas; cf.NOËL(SEE Noël). St Natalia was a Christian inhabitant of Nicomedia who is said to have given succour to the martyrs, including her husband Adrian, who suffered there in persecutions under Diocletian in 303. She is regarded as a Christian saint, although she was not herself martyred.

Pet forms:Talya,NATASHA(SEE Natasha).