Anya
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | "Graceful", "Inexhaustible" |
| Region of Origin | Indian, Russian, Balkan, other European areas |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Related names | Aanya, Anna, Anika, Annie |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Anya |
Anya is the Russian form of Anna which means "graceful". Anya is also the Sanskrit word meaning "inexhaustible". Some notable people with the name Anya are:
- Anya Corke, Woman Grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
- Anya Gallaccio, British artist
- Anya Kamenetz, a freelance writer
- Anya Kop, a fashion model and a contestant on America's next top model
- Anya Lahiri, a British singer
- Anya Major, an athlete and model
- Anya Monzikova, a Russian-American model on Deal or No Deal
- Anya Schiffrin, an international business professor at Columbia University
- Anya Seton, author of historical romances
- Anya Taranda, an American model
- Anya Teixeira, a street photographer
- Anya (born 1976), Taiwanese actress
- Anya Dwinov, an Indonesian artist and businesswoman
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[edit] In fiction
- Anya (musical), a 1965 Broadway musical
- Anya Amasova, a Soviet spy played by Barbara Bach in the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me
- Anya Jenkins, a thousand-year-old vengeance demon from the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Anya, an alchemist in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
- Anya, Princess Ann played by Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday
- Anya (Star Trek), a character in the Star Trek universe
- Anya is a character in the Arthurian novel The Pendragon
- Anya, Princess Anastasia's name as an orphan in Anastasia (1997 film)
- Anya is a fictional character on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
[edit] Different spelling
- Aanya is a common spelling of this name in India
- Aine is the Irish spelling of the name; Irish for "Ann" and pronounced Awn-ya
- Ania in Polish
- The spelling Anja is common in Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Dutch and Serbian
- Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
- Anja Orthodox, the singer of Polish rock band Closterkeller
- Anja Rubik, Polish fashion model
- Anja Andersen, Danish Handball player
- Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician
- Anja Skaran, Norwegian child model
[edit] Others
- Anya, an extended cycle combined oral contraceptive pill
- Ikechi Anya, a professional footballer
[edit] In music
- "Anya", a song by Deep Purple from their 1993 album The Battle Rages On
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