Vanja is a given name. It was originally a nickname for
Ivan.
People with this name include:
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Vanja Blomberg (born 1929), Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion
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Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Bosnian and Croatian footballer
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Vanja Drach
Vanja Drach (1 February 1932 – 6 September 2009) was a Croatian theatre and film actor.
His film and television credits include '' H-8'', ''Lud, zbunjen, normalan'', ''Gospa'', ''Charuga'', '' Kapelski kresovi'', ''Nikola Tesla'', '' Svjedoci' ...
(1932–2009), Croatian actor
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Vanja Ejdus (born 1976), Serbian actress
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Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova (born 1960), Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s
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Vanja Grubač
Vanja Grubač (Cyrillic: Вања Грубач; born 11 January 1971) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Grubač played for his hometown club Sutjeska Nikšić in the Yugoslav Second League for ...
(born 1971), Montenegrin footballer
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Vanja Iveša (born 1977), Croatian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Eskişehirspor
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Vanja Milinković-Savić (born 1997), Serbian footballer
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Vanja Rogulj (born 1982), 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia
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Vanja Sutlić (1925–1989), Croatian philosopher
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Vanja Udovičić (born 1982), professional water polo player from Serbia
See also
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Vanya (disambiguation)
Ваня (''Vanya''), a male diminutive of the Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic given names Ivan. It is the Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian and other Slavic form of John itself derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "God is gracious" ...
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Wanja __NOTOC__
Wanja is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
First name
* Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen (born 1999), Norwegian tennis player
* Barbara Wanja (born 1959), former freestyle swimmer from East Germany then known as Ba ...
, a given name
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Scandinavian feminine given names