Anya - Meaning of Anya

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[ 2 syll. a-nya, an-ya ] The baby girl name Anya is pronounced as AE-NYaa or AO-NYaa †. Anya is largely used in the Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian, English, and Indian languages, and its origin is Old Greek and Hebrew.

In addition, Anya is a Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian pet form of the name Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian).

Anya is also a Latvian and Russian pet form of Anna.

Aniya (Russian), Aniyah, Anja (English), Annya, and Anyah are variant transcriptions of Anya.

Variant forms inherit the origin and meaning of Anya.

See also the related categories, latvian, english, greek, hebrew, lithuanian, indian, and russian.

Anya is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s. Its usage peaked in 2009 with 0.044% of baby girls being given the name Anya. Its ranking then was #363. In 2018, its usage was 0.023% and its ranking #677. Among the group of girl names directly linked to Anya, Anna was the most widely used. In 2018, its use outnumbered Anya's by 10 times.

Baby names that sound like Anya include Aami, Aamu, Aimé, Aimée, Aine, Aino, Ama, Amah, Aman, Ame, Amie, Amii, Amma, Ammee, Ammie, Ammy, Amna, Amne, Amwa, and Amye.

† Pronunciation for Anya: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"