Vanja

Gender: Female Pronunciation: VAHN-yah Origin of Vanja: Scandinavian, feminine variation of Vanya

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The name Vanja is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin. Vanja and discussed in our forums with posts like "Drop your least favorite name".

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Vanja Babic, Serbian taekwondo athlete (male)
Vanja Blomberg, Swedish gymnast & Olympian (female)
Vanja Drach (1932-2009), Croatian actor (male)
Vanja Dzaferovic, former Croatian footballer (male)
Vanja Ejdus, Serbian actress (female)
Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Bulgarian sprint canoer (female)
Vanja Grubac, Montenegrin footballer & Chinese coach (male)
Vanja Ivesa, Croatian football goalkeeper playing for Turkey (male)
Vanja Miceta, Serbian synchronized swimmer (female)
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Comments

snowsbeloved Says:

2016-06-26T03:35:46

I see that too :/

RoddyThlayli Says:

2016-04-25T00:44:19

This name is so pretty.

Sorceress Says:

2014-10-02T10:24:53

Vanja is unisex name in Croatia, spelled this way. Vanya is Russian variation, which is boy name, but in Croatia this name is used as unisex name spelled only Vanja way.

DearestJules Says:

2014-10-02T05:14:35

Quite beautiful when pronounced correctly, but at first I thought the "j" was pronounced phonetically and the name reminded me of (excuse me for saying this; maybe I just have a potty mind) a vag-ina.