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.
- The spelling Anja is common in Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Slovenian, Macedonian and Serbian.
- Ania is the spelling in Polish.
- Áine is the Irish spelling of the name, pronounced Awn-iya.
- Anya in Sanskrit is either a word meaning "inexhaustibleness" or a pronoun meaning "other" or "another person" (it also has this meaning in Hindi).
- Aanya is a common spelling of this name in India.
- Anya in Hungarian means mother (other forms: édesanya, anyu, anyuka, anyuci).
- Inya along with 'mama' means mother in some sub-ethnic languages of the Luhya ethnic group of Kenya.
- Anya means "eye" in the Igbo language of Nigeria.
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