# Anya

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For other uses, see [Anya (disambiguation)](/source/Anya_(disambiguation)).

**Anya**, **Ania** or **Anja** is a [given name](/source/Given_name).[1] The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries.

## Origins and variant forms

- **Anya** (Аня) is a [Russian](/source/Russian_language) diminutive of [Anna](/source/Anna_(name)).
- **Ania** is the spelling in [Polish](/source/Polish_language), which is also a diminutive of Anna.
- **Anya** (Anya) in [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language), which is also a diminutive of Anna and Hanna.
- The spelling **Anja** is common in [Croatian](/source/Croatian_language), [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language), [Danish](/source/Danish_language), [German](/source/German_language), [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language), [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language), [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language), [Afrikaans](/source/Afrikaans_language), [Slovenian](/source/Slovenian_language), [Macedonian](/source/Macedonian_language), [Montenegrin](/source/Montenegrin_language), [Bosnian](/source/Bosnian_language), [Serbian](/source/Serbian_language).
- **Anya** is sometimes used as an [anglicisation](/source/Anglicisation_of_names) of the [Irish](/source/Irish_language) name [Áine](/source/%C3%81ine_(given_name))
- **Anya** is an old [Kurdish](/source/Kurdish_language) name. It means "strength" or "power".
- **Anya** is a [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language) word for "mother".
- **Anya** is a Nigerian [Igbo](/source/Igbo_language) name, and also a word for "eye."
- **Anya** is a variant of the Sanskrit name Aanya, meaning "inexhaustible"

## People with the given name Anya

- [Anya Ayoung-Chee](/source/Anya_Ayoung-Chee) (born 1981), former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of *Project Runway*
- [Anya Chalotra](/source/Anya_Chalotra), British actress
- [Anya Corke](/source/Anya_Corke) (born 1990), grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
- [Anya Gallaccio](/source/Anya_Gallaccio) (born 1963), Scottish artist
- [Anya Garnis](/source/Anya_Garnis) (born 1982), Siberian ballroom and Latin dancer
- [Anya Geraldine](/source/Anya_Geraldine) (born 1995), Indonesian actress and model
- [Anja Haga](/source/Anja_Haga) (born 1968), Dutch politician
- [Anya Hindmarch](/source/Anya_Hindmarch) (born 1968), British fashion designer
- [Anya Kamenetz](/source/Anya_Kamenetz) (born 1980), American writer and journalist
- [Anya Lahiri](/source/Anya_Lahiri) (born 1982), English singer
- [Anya Lawrence](/source/Anya_Lawrence) (born 2004), British actress
- [Anya Major](/source/Anya_Major) (born 1966), British athlete, actress, model and singer
- [Anya Marina](/source/Anya_Marina) (born 1976), American singer-songwriter
- [Anya Monzikova](/source/Anya_Monzikova) (born 1984), Russian-American model and actress
- [Anya Schiffrin](/source/Anya_Schiffrin) (born 1962), American journalist and writer, international business professor at Columbia University
- [Anya Seton](/source/Anya_Seton) (1904–1990), American author of historical romances
- [Anya Shrubsole](/source/Anya_Shrubsole) (born 1991), English cricketer
- [Anya Singh](/source/Anya_Singh) (born 1992), Indian actress
- [Anya Taranda](/source/Anya_Taranda) (1915–1970), American model
- [Anya Taylor-Joy](/source/Anya_Taylor-Joy) (born 1996), actress
- [Anya Teixeira](/source/Anya_Teixeira) (1913–1992), Ukrainian-born British street photographer
- A'nya, Russo-Japanese talent [Anna Murashige](/source/Anna_Murashige)'s nickname

## People with the given name Anja

- [Anja Althaus](/source/Anja_Althaus) (born 1982), German handball player
- [Anja Andersen](/source/Anja_Andersen) (born 1969), Danish handball player
- [Anja Barugh](/source/Anja_Barugh) (born 1999), New Zealand freestyle skier
- [Anja Blacha](/source/Anja_Blacha) (born 1990), German mountaineer
- [Anja Breien](/source/Anja_Breien) (1940–2026), Norwegian film director and screenwriter
- [Anja Daems](/source/Anja_Daems) (born 1968), Belgian television and radio presenter
- [Anja Garbarek](/source/Anja_Garbarek) (born 1970), Norwegian musician
- [Anja Hammerseng-Edin](/source/Anja_Hammerseng-Edin) (born 1983), Norwegian handball player
- [Anja Hatakka](/source/Anja_Hatakka) (1938–2026), Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor
- [Anja Hazekamp](/source/Anja_Hazekamp) (born 1968), Dutch politician
- [Anja Kampmann](/source/Anja_Kampmann) (born 1983), German poet and novelist
- [Anja Pärson](/source/Anja_P%C3%A4rson) (born 1981), Swedish alpine skier
- [Anja Plaschg](/source/Anja_Plaschg) (born 1990), alias Soap&Skin, Austrian musician
- [Anja Ringgren Lovén](/source/Anja_Ringgren_Lov%C3%A9n) (born 1978), Danish charity worker
- [Anja Rubik](/source/Anja_Rubik) (born 1983), Polish fashion model
- [Anja Šimpraga](/source/Anja_%C5%A0impraga) (born 1987), Croatian politician
- [Anja Sodnikar](/source/Sodl) (born 2003), Austrian singer-songwriter
- [Anja Spasojević](/source/Anja_Spasojevi%C4%87) (born 1983), Serbian professional volleyball player
- [Anja Strømme](/source/Anja_Str%C3%B8mme), ionospheric physicist
- [Anja Vanrobaeys](/source/Anja_Vanrobaeys) (born 1968), Belgian politician

## People with the given name Ania

- [Ania (singer)](/source/Ania_(singer)) (born 1981), Polish singer and composer
- [Ania Freer](/source/Ania_Freer) (born 1986), Australian-Jamaican documentary filmmaker
- [Ania Marson](/source/Ania_Marson), Polish actress
- [Ania Said Chaurembo](/source/Ania_Said_Chaurembo), Tanzanian politician
- [Ania Walwicz](/source/Ania_Walwicz) (1951–2020), Australian poet and prose writer
- [Ania Wiśniewska](/source/Ania_Wi%C5%9Bniewska) (born 1977), Polish singer

## Fictional characters

- Aanya, the Queen of Duren from [The Dragon Prince](/source/The_Dragon_Prince)
- Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character [Magneto](/source/Magneto_(Marvel_Comics))
- Anya, or Princess Ann, a character in the film *[Roman Holiday](/source/Roman_Holiday)*
- [Anya](/source/Anya_(Anastasia)), or Princess Anastasia, protagonist of the 1997 film *[Anastasia](/source/Anastasia_(1997_film))*
- Anya, in the video game *[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction](/source/Diablo_II:_Lord_of_Destruction)*
- Anya, in the video game *[Mouthwashing](/source/Mouthwashing_(video_game))*
- Anya, in the video game *[Project I.G.I.](/source/Project_I.G.I.)*
- [Anya](/source/Anya_(Star_Trek)), in the television series *[Star Trek: The Next Generation](/source/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation)*
- [Anastasia "Anya" Yurievna Cocolova](/source/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Anya), in the manga series *Negima! Magister Negi Magi*as
- Anya, in the television series *[The 100](/source/The_100_(TV_series))*
- [Anya Alstreim](/source/Anya_Alstreim), in the anime series *Code Geass*
- [Anya Amasova](/source/Anya_Amasova), in the film *The Spy Who Loved Me*
- Anya Borzakovskaya, in the graphic novel *[Anya's Ghost](/source/Anya's_Ghost)*
- Anya Claus, in the film *[Santa Claus: The Movie](/source/Santa_Claus:_The_Movie)*
- [Anya Corazon](/source/Anya_Corazon), in Marvel Comics
- [Anya Forger](/source/Anya_Forger), in the manga and anime series *[Spy × Family](/source/Spy_%C3%97_Family)*
- [Anya Hepburn](/source/List_of_Soul_Eater_characters#Anya_Hepburn), in the manga series *Soul Eater Not!*
- [Anya Jenkins](/source/Anya_Jenkins), in the television series *[Buffy the Vampire Slayer](/source/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)*
- [Anya MacPherson](/source/Anya_MacPherson), in the television series *Degrassi: The Next Generation*
- Anya Oliwa, in the video game *[Wolfenstein: The New Order](/source/Wolfenstein:_The_New_Order)*
- [Anya Stroud](/source/List_of_Gears_of_War_characters#Anya_Stroud), in the video game series *[Gears of War](/source/Gears_of_War)*
- [Ania Williams](/source/Ania_Williams), in the soap opera *Family Affairs*
- Anya Beletskaya, in the [VOCALOID](/source/VOCALOID) song series *Parties are for Losers*
- [Anastasia "Anya"](/source/List_of_The_Idolmaster_characters#Cinderella_Project), a character in the video game *The Idolmaster: Cinderella*

## People with the surname Anya

- [Ikechi Anya](/source/Ikechi_Anya) (born 1988), Scottish footballer

## See also

- [Áine (given name)](/source/%C3%81ine_(given_name)), an Irish given name with the same pronunciation
- [Anya (disambiguation)](/source/Anya_(disambiguation)), other meanings
- [Ania (disambiguation)](/source/Ania_(disambiguation))

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). [*A Dictionary of First Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC). Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). p. 61. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. [OCLC 67869278](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67869278). Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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