Vânia or Vania is an unisex given name of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese origins, derived from the slavic name "Wanja". Notable people with the name include:
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Vânia Abreu
Vânia Abreu is a singer and performer from Brazil. She was born on May 30, 1967, as Vânia Mercury de Almeida.Va ...
(born 1967), singer and performer from Brazil
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Vânia Bastos
Vânia Bastos (born May 13, 1956) is a Brazilian singer, who began her professional life with the Vanguarda Paulista avant-garde movement in the early 1980s.
Biography
Bastos moved to São Paulo in 1975, to study sociology and singing. In 1980, ...
(born 1956), Brazilian singer
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Vânia Fernandes
Vânia Sofia Olim Marote de Ribeiro Fernandes (born 25 September 1985) is a Portuguese singer from Funchal, Madeira (Portugal).
Known for her powerful stage presence, as well as her prominent and versatile voice, Fernandes has participated in se ...
(born 1985), Portuguese singer
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Vânia Ishii
Vânia Yukie Ishii (バニア・ユキエ・イシイ, born August 19, 1973) is a female judoka from Brazil, daughter of Chiaki Ishii who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Vânia Yukie Ishii won the gold medal in the ha ...
(born 1973), judoka from Brazil
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Vania King
Vania King (born February 3, 1989) is a retired American tennis player. A former top-10 doubles player, King won both the Wimbledon and US Open women's doubles titles in 2010 with partner Yaroslava Shvedova, with whom she also reached the fi ...
(born 1989), tennis player from the United States
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Anna Vania Mello
Anna Vania Mello (born 27 February 1979) is a volleyball player from Italy, who claimed the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. There she played as a middle-blocker, wearing the number #16 jersey ...
(born 1979), volleyball player from Italy
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Vania Rossi
Vania Rossi (born 3 October 1983) is a professional cyclocross bicycle racer from Italy. On 29 January 2010 Rossi was reported positive for EPO CERA by the Italian Olympic Committee. The Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (CONI) controlled her ...
(born 1983), professional cyclocross bicycle racer from Italy
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Vânia Silva
Vânia Sofia de Sousa Silva (born 8 June 1980) is a Portuguese female hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 69.55 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal. She competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2 ...
(born 1980), hammer thrower from Portugal
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Vania Stambolova
Vania Stambolova () (born 28 November 1983) is a Bulgarian athlete. She competes in the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m event. At the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she won a silver medal over 400 m. She also won a gold medal at the 2006 Eur ...
(born 1983), Bulgarian athlete
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Vania Vainilla
Vania Vainilla is the stage name of Diego Millán Tarrason, a Spanish drag performer who competed on the third season of ''Drag Race España''.
Career
In 2022, Vania Vainilla participated in the ''Hay ganas de Orgullo de pueblo'' ("We Like Rur ...
, Spanish drag queen
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Vania Vargas
Vania Vargas (born 12 January 1978 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala) is a Guatemalan poet, narrator, editor, and journalist. Her writings specialize in Guatemalan culture.
Her mother, a primary school teacher, assisted Vargas in graduating from sc ...
(born 1978), Guatemalan poet, narrator, editor, and journalist
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Vânia (footballer)
Vânia Cristina Martins (born 9 November 1980), simply known as Vânia, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward and full back. She was a member of the Brazil women's national team.
Career
Vânia played for several Brazilian ...
, Brazilian women's footballer, who also represented Equatorial Guinea
Fictional characters
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Vania ''(Ninjago)'', character from ''Ninjago''
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