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Anya/Aanya Gender Female, male Language(s)
Tunisian Arabic Meaning "Graceful", "Inexhaustible, Limitless, Resurrection", "Eye"/"Sight" See also
Hannah ,
Anna ,
Áine ,
Ana
Aanya , Anya , Ania or Anja is a
given name . The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries.
Origins and variant forms
Anya (Аня) is a
Russian diminutive of
Anna .
Ania is the spelling in
Polish , which is also a diminutive of Anna.
The spelling Anja is common in
Croatian ,
Norwegian ,
Danish ,
German ,
Swedish ,
Finnish ,
Dutch ,
Afrikaans ,
Slovenian ,
Macedonian ,
Montenegrin ,
Bosnian ,
Serbian .
Anya is sometimes used as an
anglicisation of the
Irish name
Áine
Anya is an old
Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power".
Anya is a
Hungarian word for "mother".
Anya is a Nigerian
Igbo name, and also a word for "eye."
People with the given name Anya
Anya Ayoung-Chee (born 1981), former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of Project Runway
Anya Chalotra , British actress
Anya Corke (born 1990), grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), British artist
Anya Garnis (born 1982), Siberian Ballroom and Latin dancer
Anja Haga (born 1968), Dutch politician
Anya Hindmarch (born 1968), British fashion designer
Anya Kamenetz (born 1980), American writer and journalist
Anya Lahiri (born 1982), English singer
Anya Major (born 1966), British athlete, actress, model and singer
Anya Marina (born 1976), American singer-songwriter
Anya Monzikova (born 1984), Russian-American model and actress
Anya Schiffrin (born 1962), American journalist and writer, international business professor at Columbia University
Anya Seton (1904–1990), American author of historical romances
Anya Shrubsole (born 1991), English cricketer
Anya Singh (born 1992), Indian actress
Anya Taranda (1915–1970), American model
Anya Taylor-Joy (born 1996), actress
Anya Teixeira (1913–1992), Ukrainian-born British street photographer
A'nya, Russo-Japanese talent
Anna Murashige 's nickname
People with the given name Anja
Anja Althaus (born 1982), German handball player
Anja Andersen (born 1969), Danish handball player
Anja Barugh (born 1999), New Zealand freestyle skier
Anja Blacha (born 1990), German mountaineer
Anja Daems (born 1968), Belgian television and radio presenter
Anja Garbarek (born 1970), Norwegian musician
Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 1983), Norwegian handball player
Anja Hazekamp (born 1968), Dutch politician
Anja Pärson (born 1981), Swedish alpine skier
Anja Plaschg (born 1990), alias Soap&Skin, Austrian musician
Anja Ringgren Lovén (born 1978), Danish charity worker
Anja Rubik (born 1983), Polish fashion model
Anja Spasojević (born 1983), Serbian professional volleyball player
People with the given name Ania
Fictional characters
Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character
Magneto
Anya, or Princess Ann, a character in the film
Roman Holiday
Anya , or Princess Anastasia, protagonist of the 1997 film
Anastasia
Anya, in the video game
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
Anya, in the video game
Project I.G.I.
Anya , in the television series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Anastasia "Anya" Yurievna Cocolova , in the manga series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
Anya, in the television series
The 100
Anya Alstreim , in the anime series Code Geass
Anya Amasova , in the film The Spy Who Loved Me
Anya Borzakovskaya, in the graphic novel
Anya's Ghost
Anya Claus, in the film
Santa Claus: The Movie
Anya Corazon , in Marvel Comics
Anya Forger , in the manga and anime series
Spy × Family
Anya Hepburn , in the manga series Soul Eater Not!
Anya Jenkins , in the television series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Anya MacPherson , in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
Anya Oliwa, in the video game
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Anya Stroud , in the video game series
Gears of War
Ania Williams , in the soap opera Family Affairs
Anya Beletskaya, in the
VOCALOID song series Parties are for Losers
Anastasia "Anya" , a character in the video game The Idolmaster: Cinderella
People with the surname Anya
See also
References