Anya
Anya is a feminine given name. It is a unisex name in several African countries. It is also found as a surname.Origins and variant forms
- Anya 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 and Kurdish.
- Áine is the Irish spelling of the name.
- Ania 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 word for "eye."
- Anya is an Amazigh/Berber name. It means " Rhythm " or " Melody " in Berber languages.
People with the given name Anya
- Anya Ayoung-Chee, former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of Project Runway
- Anya Chalotra, British actress of Indian origin
- Anya Corke, Woman Grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
- Anya Gallaccio, British artist
- Anya Garnis, Siberian Ballroom and Latin Dancer
- Anya Hindmarch, British fashion designer
- Anya Kamenetz, American writer and journalist
- Anya Lahiri, British singer
- Anja Ringgren Lovén, Danish charity worker
- Anya Major, athlete, actress, model and singer
- Anya Marina, American singer-songwriter
- Anya Monzikova, Russian-American model and actress
- Anya Rozova, fashion model, runner-up in America's Next Top Model under the name Anya Kop
- Anya Rugendyke, Australian Surgeon and Opera Singer.
- Anya Schiffrin, international business professor at Columbia University
- Anya Seton, author of historical romances
- Anya Shrubsole, cricketer for Somerset and England
- Anya Taranda, American model
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Argentinian-British actress
- Anya Teixeira, Ukrainian-born British street photographer
People with the given name Anja
- Anja Andersen, Danish handball player
- Anja Blacha, German mountaineer
- Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician
- Anja Hammerseng-Edin, Norwegian handball player
- Anja Hazekamp, Dutch politician
- Anja Plaschg, alias Soap&Skin, Austrian musician
- Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
- Anja Rubik, Polish fashion model
- Anja Steinlechner, Austrian-American musician
- Anja Spasojević, Serbian volleyball player
- Anja Spiegelman, author Art Spiegelman's mother in the graphic novel Maus
People with the given name Ania
- Ania , Polish singer and composer
- Ania Said Chaurembo, Tanzanian politician
- Ania Walwicz, Australian poet and prose writer
- Ania Wiśniewska, Polish singer
Fictional characters
- Anya, or Princess Anastasia, protagonist of the 1997 film Anastasia
- Anya, a character in the video game '
- Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character Magneto
- Anya, a character in the video game Project I.G.I.
- Anya, or Princess Ann, a character in the film Roman Holiday
- Anya, a character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Anya, a character in the television series The 100
- Anya, a character in the manga series Negima!
- Anya Alstreim, character in the anime series Code Geass
- Anya Amasova, a character in the film The Spy Who Loved Me
- Anya Borzakovskaya, a character in the graphic novel Anya's Ghost
- Anya Claus, a character in the film '
- Anya Corazon, a character in Marvel Comics
- Anya Forger, a character in the manga series Spy × Family
- Anya Hepburn, a character in the manga series Soul Eater Not!
- Anya Jenkins, a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Anya MacPherson in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Anya Oliwa, a character in the video game
- Anya Stroud, a character in the video game Gears of War
- Ania Williams, a character in the soap opera Family Affairs
People with the surname Anya
- Ikechi Anya, Scottish professional footballer
