Vanja

See also: vanja and vänja

Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian Ваня (Vanja), diminutive of the male name Ива́н (Iván, “John”) and the female name Иванна (Ivanna, “Jane”).

Proper noun

Vanja

1. a female given name, occasionally also given to men

Serbo-Croatian

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Вања

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ваня (Vanja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋâɲa/

Proper noun

Vȁnja m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ва̏ња)

1. a unisex given name

Declension

    Declension of Vanja

	singular	plural
nominative	Vanja	Vanje
genitive	Vanje	Vanja
dative	Vanji	Vanjama
accusative	Vanju	Vanje
vocative	Vanjo	Vanje
locative	Vanji	Vanjama
instrumental	Vanjom	Vanjama

Further reading

• “Vanja”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From Russian Ваня (Vanja), diminutive of the male name Ива́н (Iván, “John”) and the female name Иванна (Ivanna, “Jane”).

Proper noun

Vanja c (genitive Vanjas)

1. a female given name, occasionally also given to men

Anagrams

• vajan