Yanka is a Slavic name, a variation of the Serbo-Croatian Janko, Hebrew Janka, or Bulgarian Yanko. Notable people with the name include: * Yanka Bryl, Belarusian writer *

Yanka Dyagileva Yana Stanislavovna "Yanka" Dyagileva (russian: Яна Станиславовна Дягилева; 4 September 1966 – 1991) was a Russian poet and singer-songwriter and one of the most popular figures of her time in Russia's underground pun ...

(1966–1991), Russian poet and singer-songwriter * Yanka Kanevcheva (1878–1920), Bulgarian revolutionary *

Yanka Kupala Yanka Kupala, also spelled Janka Kupała ( be, Янка Купала; – 28 June 1942), was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič (), a Belarusian poet and writer. Biography Early life Kupala was born on July 7, 1882, in Viazynka, ...

(1882–1942), pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich, Belarusian poet and writer *

Yanka Maur Janka Maŭr (; ; ; Yanka Mavr; 11 May 1883 – 3 August 1971) was a famous Belarusian writer. Janka Maŭr was actually his pseudonym as his true name was Ivan Michajłavič Fiodaraŭ (Belarusian: Іва́н Міха́йлавіч Фёдар� ...

(1883–1971), Belarusian writer * Mar R. Yanka, alternative name of Natronai ben Nehemiah, Gaon of Pumbedita from 719 to 730

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