Anya

See also: anya and ányá

English

Etymology

From Russian Аня (Anja), informal pet form of Анна (Anna, “Ann”)).

Proper noun

Anya

1. A female given name from Russian of modern usage.
   • 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History (Harper & Row), page 61:

     Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.

Translations

female given name

• Danish: Anja
• Finnish: Anja (fi)
• German: Anja (de)
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• Russian: А́ня (ru) (Ánja) (pet form only)
• Swedish: Anja (sv)

Anagrams

• Ayan, Ya'an, Yana, yana

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Aniana. Also from English Anya, from Russian Аня (Anja), from Анна (Anna, “Ann”).

Proper noun

Anya

1. a female given name from Russian