Anya

For other uses, see Anya (disambiguation).

Anya

Gender	Female
Language(s)	several
Origin
Meaning	"Graceful", "Inexhaustible", "Rhythm"/"Melody"
Other names
See also	Hannah, Anna, Áine

Anya is a feminine given name. It is also found as a surname.

Origins and variant forms

• Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna, derived from Hannah which means "gracious" or "bringing goodness" in the original Hebrew language.
• Anya (Ania) is a Hungarian word for "mother".
• Anya (ⴰⵏⵢⴰ) is an Amazigh/Berber name. It means " Rhythm " or " Melody " in Berber languages.
• Anya is also an Indian/Hindu name.
• 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, Slovenian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Serbian.
• Áine is the Irish spelling of the name.

People with the given name Anya

• Anya Ayoung-Chee, former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of Project Runway
• 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, a British fashion designer
• Anya Kamenetz, a freelance writer
• Anya Rozova, a fashion model, runner-up in America's Next Top Model under the name Anya Kop
• Anya Lahiri, a British singer
• Anya Major, an athlete, actress, model and singer
• Anya Marina, a singer-songwriter
• Anya Monzikova, a Russian-American model on the Deal or No Deal game show
• Anya Schiffrin, an international business professor at Columbia University
• Anya Seton, author of historical romances
• Anya Shrubsole, cricketer for Somerset and England
• Anya Taranda, an American model
• Anya Teixeira, a street photographer

People with the given name Anja

• Anja Andersen, Danish handball player
• Anja Edin, Norwegian handball player
• Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician
• 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 Spiegelman, Author Art Spiegelman's mom in the book Maus

People with the given name Ania

• Ania (singer) (born 1981), Polish singer and composer
• Ania Said Chaurembo (21st century), Tanzanian politician
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951), Australian poet and prose writer
• Ania Wiśniewska (born 1977), Polish singer

Fictional characters

• Anya Alstreim, a supporting character in Code Geass.
• Anya Amasova, a Soviet spy played by Barbara Bach in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me.
• Anya Claus, wife of Dudley Moore's Santa in Santa Claus: The Movie.
• Anya Jenkins, a thousand-year-old vengeance demon played by Emma Caulfield in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Anya MacPherson in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
• Anya Stroud, the dispatch girl from the science fiction video game Gears of War
• Ania Williams in the soap opera Family Affairs.
• Anya, an alchemist in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.
• Anya, Princess Ann played by Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday.
• Anya, daughter of the Marvel Comics character Magneto.
• Anya (Star Trek), a guardian in the Star Trek episode "The Dauphin".
• Anya is Princess Anastasia's name as an orphan in the theatrical release of the 1997 animated family film Anastasia produced by 20th Century Fox.
• Anya in Negima!.
• Ania, Iolaus's wife-to-be, played by Jill Sayre in Hercules and the Amazon Women.
• Anya, a mission director in the game Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In and its sequel.
• Anya Borzakovskaya, from the 2011 graphic novel Anya's Ghost.
• The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Anya.
• Anya Hepburn, a wealthy meister in the DWMA. Soul Eater Not!.
• Anya, a recurring character in the first and second season of The 100 played by Dichen Lachman.
• Anya, a lighthouse in the game To The Moon
• Anya Oliwa, a Polish doctor in Wolfenstein: The New Order.
• Anya Corazon, a superhero from Marvel Comics.

People with the surname Anya

• Ikechi Anya, a professional footballer

See also

• Áine (given name), an Irish given name with the same pronunciation
• Anya (disambiguation), other meanings
• Ania (disambiguation)
• Anya (musical)