Anya
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Anya is a Russian and Latvian form of Anna, meaning “grace” or “grace of God.” Anya also exists in Sanskrit with the meaning “inexhaustible,” and it appeals to parents who are fond of Anna or Emma yet would like a slightly rarer choice.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Anya in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Anya against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Anya is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Anya in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 821 girls were named Anya, making it the #375 girls' name in the US. Since 1943, 20,561 girls have been named Anya, with the most (895) in 2007. It is most common, relative to births, in Alaska, Arizona and Nevada.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Anya in other languages
- Anna Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish
- Ana Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish
- Hana Arabic, Czech, Slovenian
- Анна Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
- Anja Dutch, Slovenian
- Ann English, Swedish
- Anete Latvian
- Ania Polish
- Annía Icelandic
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Anya
There are 14 towns and villages with Anya in their name, in 7 countries.
🇲🇼 Malawi 4🇨🇳 China 2🇲🇲 Myanmar 2🇳🇬 Nigeria 2🇵🇪 Peru 2🇪🇸 Spain 1🇺🇬 Uganda 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Anya | Junin, 🇵🇪 Peru | 33 | Map |
| Anya | Catalonia, 🇪🇸 Spain | 28 | Map |
| Anya | Shaanxi, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Anya | Yunnan, 🇨🇳 China | – | Map |
| Anya | Benue State, 🇳🇬 Nigeria | – | Map |
| Anya | Northern Region, 🇺🇬 Uganda | – | Map |
| Anya Zu | Yangon, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Anya zu | Ayeyarwady, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Ching’anya | Northern Region, 🇲🇼 Malawi | – | Map |
| Ching’anya | Northern Region, 🇲🇼 Malawi | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Anya songs
5 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Anya in their title. The best known:
- Anya – Deep Purple (1993)
- Anya no Shinjū Date – Ringo Sheena (2014)
- Lányát az anya
- Anya – Samsong (2015)
- Ohichawom Anya Nmiri – Amaka Okwuoha (2021)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Anya
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Anya.
Anya Ayoung-Chee
Anya Corke
Anya Marina
Fictional characters named Anya
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Anya as a pet name
FurryName has found 52 dogs named Anya in public pet registers, making it the #2,245 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Port Moody (1), Framingham (1), Richmond (1). Anya as a dog name →
FurryName has found 8 cats named Anya in public pet registers, making it the #885 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (3), Richmond (1), Tacoma (1). Anya as a cat name →
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