Anya

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian, of modern usage.

    "Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea."

  2. 2
    A female given name from Irish.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Sanskrit, of modern usage.
  4. 4
    Alternative spelling of Aanya. alt-of, alternative

Example

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"Some translators changed Alice's name to Sonya or Anya, even though Alisa is a widespread Russian name."

Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian А́ня (Ánja, informal pet form of А́нна (Ánna, “Ann”)). Also an Anglicization of Áine.

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