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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ваня (Vanja).

Proper noun

Vanja

  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

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