Aanya, Anya or Anja is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries.

Origins and variant forms

* Aanya or Anya is an

Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

name that means inexhaustible, limitless and resurrection. It is of Sanskrit origin. * Aanya or Anya in Hebrew means favoured by God. *Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of

Anna Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

. *Ania is the spelling in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

, which is also a diminutive of Anna. *The spelling Anja is common in Croatian, Norwegian,

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

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, Finnish, Dutch,

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Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Montenegrin, Bosnian,

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

and Kurdish. *Anya is sometimes used as an

anglicisation Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

of the Irish name Áine *Anya is an old

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

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 (ⴰⵏⵢⴰ) is an Amazigh/Berber name. It means "rhythm" or "melody" in

Berber languages The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...

People with the given name Anya

Anya Ayoung-Chee Anya Ayoung-Chee (born October 17, 1981) is a Trinidadian fashion designer, Model (person), model and television host. She was Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2008 and was a contestant in the Miss Universe 2008 pageant. She was the winner of ...

(born 1981), former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of ''Project Runway'' *

Anya Chalotra Anya Chalotra is a British actress primarily known for her role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix original series ''The Witcher''. She is also known for appearing in ''Wanderlust''. Early life Chalotra was born in Wolverhampton, England ...

, British actress *

Anya Corke Anya Sun Corke (born 12 September 1990 in California, USA) is an American-born English chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for Hong Kong, where she was the top ranked chess player, until 2009. Career Corke ea ...

(born 1990), grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong *

Anya Gallaccio Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a British artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice). Her use of organic materials results in natural processes ...

(born 1963), British artist *

Anya Garnis Anna "Anya" Garnis (Russian: Анна "Аня" Гарнис; born May 26, 1982) is a Latvian American ballroom dancer based in New York City. In 2007 she was a finalist on the American reality television show ''So You Think You Can Dance.'' In 2 ...

(born 1982), Siberian Ballroom and Latin dancer *

Anya Hindmarch Anya Susannah Hindmarch, (; born 1968) is an English fashion accessories designer who founded an eponymous company. Career Hindmarch was born into an entrepreneurial family and attended New Hall School, an independent school in Chelmsford, E ...

(born 1968), British fashion designer * Anya Kamenetz (born 1980), American writer and journalist *

Anya Lahiri Anya Lahiri (born 1 May 1982 in Golders Green, London) is an English actress, model, singer and fitness instructor who is of Indian and Finnish origin. Biography Born in Golders Green, London of Indian and Finnish origin, Lahiri attended the He ...

(born 1982), English singer *

Anya Major Anya Major (born 1966) is an English athlete, actress, model and singer who starred in Apple Computer's "1984" commercial, and in 1985 appeared as "Nikita" in the video to Elton John's song of the same name. In 1983, the Chiat/Day advertis ...

(born 1966), British athlete, actress, model and singer *

Anya Marina Anya Marina (born September 23, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, based in New York City. Her music has been featured on several television shows, including ''Grey's Anatomy,'' '' How I Met Your Mother'', ''The Real World'', '' Castle'', ' ...

(born 1976), American singer-songwriter * Anya Monzikova (born 1984), Russian-American model and actress *

Anya Rozova Anya Rozova, formerly known as Anya Kanani Kop (born January 3, 1989) is a Russian fashion model. Born in Russia, Rozova is a naturalized U.S. citizen who was raised in Hawaii by adoptive parents. Under the name Anya Kop, Rozova was the run ...

(born 1989), Russian-American fashion model, runner-up in ''America's Next Top Model'' under the name Anya Kop * Anya Schiffrin (born 1962), American journalist and writer, international business professor at Columbia University * Anya Seton (1904–1990), American author of historical romances * Anya Singh (born 1992), Indian actress *

Anya Shrubsole Anya Shrubsole (born 7 December 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire, Southern Vipers and the Southern Brave. She played for England between 2008 and 2022, and has previously played domestic cricket for Somerset, Weste ...

(born 1991), English cricketer *

Anya Taranda Anya Taranda (January 1, 1915 – March 9, 1970) was an American model, showgirl, actress and wife of composer Harold Arlen. Biography Born in New York City to Catholic Russian parents, Anya Taranda became a Powers Agency model where she was ...

(1915–1970), American model *

Anya Taylor-Joy Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy ( ; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. She has won several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2021, she was featu ...

(born 1996), American-born Argentinian-British actress *

Anya Teixeira image:Anya Teixeira.jpg, 300px, Anya Teixeira 1961 Anya Teixeira (1913 – 1992) was a Russian Empire-born British street photographer and photojournalist. Her work is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Biography Te ...

(1913–1992), Ukrainian-born British street photographer

People with the given name Anja

* Anja Andersen (born 1969), Danish handball player *

Anja Barugh Anja Niamh Barugh (born 21 May 1999) is a New Zealand freestyle skier who specialises in halfpipe. She represented New Zealand at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she ranked 19th. Biography Barugh was born in Morrinsville on 21 May ...

(born 1999), New Zealand freestyle skier *

Anja Blacha Anja Karen Blacha (born 18 June 1990) is a German mountaineer. Blacha holds a number of climbing records: in 2017, she became the youngest German woman to successfully climb Mount Everest and the youngest German overall to climb all Seven Summits a ...

(born 1990), German mountaineer *

Anja Daems Anja Daems (born 26 May 1968) is a Belgian radio presenter and television host. Biography Daems spent her childhood in Geel. She studied at the Conservatory in Antwerp. During her last year of study she started working as a reporter at Radio 2 ...

(born 1968), Belgian television and radio presenter *

Anja Garbarek Anja Garbarek (born 24 July 1970 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. She was raised in Oslo. Career Garbarek's debut album, ''Velkommen Inn'' (1992), is sung in Norwegian. She subsequently released three original albums contai ...

(born 1970), Norwegian musician *

Anja Hammerseng-Edin Anja Hammerseng-Edin (born 5 February 1983) is a former Norwegian handball player. She previously played for Larvik HK and for the Norwegian national team. Career Hammerseng-Edin made her début on the Norwegian national team in 2006, and pla ...

(born 1983), Norwegian handball player *

Anja Hazekamp Anja Hazekamp (born 21 January 1968) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands. She is a member of the Party for the Animals, part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left. Previously she was mem ...

(born 1968), Dutch politician *

Anja Pärson Anja Sofia Tess Pärson (; born 25 April 1981) is a Swedish former alpine skier. She is an Olympic gold medalist, seven-time gold medalist at the World Championships, and two-time overall Alpine Skiing World Cup champion. This included winning ...

(born 1981), Swedish alpine skier *

Anja Plaschg Soap&Skin is the experimental music, experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990). Life Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Poppendorf, Styria, Poppendorf (near Gnas, Styria, Gnas) in south east St ...

(born 1990), alias Soap&Skin, Austrian musician * Anja Ringgren Lovén (born 1978), Danish charity worker * Anja Rubik (born 1983), Polish fashion model *

Anja Spasojević Anja Spasojević (Cyrillic: Ања Спасојевић; born 4 July 1983) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who was last played as wing spiker for Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She began her professional career in Red Star Belgrad ...

(born 1983), Serbian professional volleyball player

People with the given name Ania

Ania (singer) Anna Monika "Ania" Dąbrowska (), usually referred to as Ania (), is a Polish singer, songwriter, and composer performing pop music, born 7 January 1981. Ania rose to stardom in 2004 with the release of '' Samotność po zmierzchu'' which was m ...

(born 1981), Polish singer and composer *

Ania Said Chaurembo Ania Said Chaurembo is a former member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania,http://parliament.go.tz/polis/uploads/documents/1464714419-HS-8-18-2007.pdf representing the Civic United Front The Civic United Front (CUF; sw, Chama ...

, Tanzanian politician *

Ania Marson Ania Marson (born 22 May 1949 in Gdynia, Poland) is an Anglo-Polish actress. Biography She was trained at the famed Corona Stage Academy and began her career in 1963 in the famous series ''Dixon of Dock Green'', then in 1960, in other series l ...

, Polish actress *

Ania Walwicz Ania Walwicz (1951 – 29 September 2020) was an Australian poet, playwright, prose writer and visual artist. Early life Walwicz was born in Swidnica Polska, Swidnica, Poland where she spent her childhood, before migrating to Australia in 1963 ...

(1951–2020), Australian poet and prose writer *

Ania Wiśniewska Anna Katarzyna Magdalena Żeńca (born Anna Świątczak 30 March 1977) also known as Aniqa, is a pop singer and ex wife of Michał Wiśniewski, the leader singer of Ich Troje band, in which she sang between 2003 and 2009. In July 2010 it was of ...

(born 1977), Polish singer

Fictional characters

*Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character Magneto *Anya, or Princess Ann, a character in the film ''

Roman Holiday ''Roman Holiday'' is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress f ...

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Anya Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an Indian name that means inexhaustible, limitless ...

, 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. ''Project I.G.I.'' (released in North America as ''Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In'') is a Tactical shooter, tactical first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Innerloop Studios and released in December 2000 by Square Enix Europe, Eidos In ...

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, in the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' *

, in the manga series ''Negima!'' *

Anya Alstreim and its sequel series are Japanese anime made by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi. The series focus around a former prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, Lelouch Vi Britannia, who obtains a mysterious power ...

, in the anime series ''Code Geass'' *Anya, in the television series '' The 100'' *

Anya Amasova Major Anya Amasova (a.k.a. Agent XXX) is a fictional character in the James Bond film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'', portrayed by Barbara Bach. Amasova is an agent of the KGB. Biography After the theft of a submarine, M recalls Bond from a mission ...

, in the film ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' *Anya Borzakovskaya, in the graphic novel ''

Anya's Ghost ''Anya's Ghost'' is a coming-of-age ghost story in graphic novel format. The first book by cartoonist Vera Brosgol, ''Anya's Ghost'' was published on June 7, 2011. In the novel, unpopular Anya befriends the ghost of Emily, a girl around Anya' ...

'' *Anya Claus, in the film '' Santa Claus: The Movie'' *

Anya Corazon Anya Sofia Corazon is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, writer Fiona Avery, and artist Mark Brooks, and made her first appearan ...

, in Marvel Comics * Anya Hepburn, in the manga series ''Soul Eater Not!'' *

Anya Jenkins Anyanka Christina Emmanuella "Anya" Jenkins (born as Aud) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. She also appears in the comic book series based on the television show. Portrayed by ...

, in the television series ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

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Anya MacPherson '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...

, 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 ''Gears of War'' is a media franchise centered on a series of video games created by Epic Games, developed and managed by The Coalition, and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios. The franchise is best known for its third-person shooter vide ...

'' *

Ania Williams This is a list of characters from the British soap opera ''Family Affairs'' listed in alphabetical order by the characters' surnames. A * Scarlett Anderson Scarlett Anderson was played by Cat Simmons during 2005. She seduces Les Boult ...

, in the soap opera ''Family Affairs'' *

Anya Forger Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an Indian name that means inexhaustible, limitless ...

, in the manga and anime series ''

Spy x Family Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

People with the surname Anya

Ikechi Anya Ikechi Anya (born 3 January 1988) is a Scottish former professional footballer. A versatile player, Anya was fielded in a number of positions, including winger, wing-back and full-back. He played for Wycombe Wanderers, Northampton Town, Wa ...

(born 1988), Scottish footballer

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