Anya

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Anya


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gender = Female
meaning = "Graceful", "Inexhaustible"
region = Indian, Russian, Balkan, other European areas
origin = Sanskrit
related names = Aanya, Anna, Anika, Annie
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Anya is a Russian diminutive of Anna which means "graceful" or "bringing goodness". Anya is also the Sanskrit word meaning "inexhaustible". Some notable people with the name Anya are:

*Anya Corke, Woman Grandmaster and the top female chess player in Hong Kong
*Anya Gallaccio, British artist
*Anya Kamenetz, a freelance writer
*Anya Kop, a fashion model and 1st runner-up of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 10 (also known as Anya Rozova)
*Anya Lahiri, a British singer
*Anya Lauchlan, artist painter France,United Kingdom
*Anya Major, an athlete and model
*Anya Monzikova, a Russian-American model on Deal or No Deal
*Anya Schiffrin, an international business professor at Columbia University
*Anya Seton, author of historical romances
*Anya Taranda, an American model
*Anya Teixeira, a street photographer
*Anya (born 1976), Taiwanese actress
*Anya Dwinov, an Indonesian artist and businesswoman

In fiction

*"Anya" (musical), a 1965 Broadway musical
*Anya Amasova, a Soviet spy played by Barbara Bach in the James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me"
*Anya Jenkins, a thousand-year-old vengeance demon from the cult television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer, She is portrayed by Emma Caulfield."
*Anya, an alchemist in ""
*Anya, Princess Ann played by Audrey Hepburn in "Roman Holiday"
*Anya (Star Trek), a character in the "Star Trek" universe
*Anya is a character in the Arthurian novel "The Pendragon"
*Anya, Princess Anastasia's name as an orphan in "Anastasia" (1997 film)
*Anya is a fictional character on .
*Anya is a fictional character in .

Different spelling

*Aanya is a common spelling of this name in India
*Aine is the Irish spelling of the name; Irish for "Ann" and pronounced Awn-ya
*Ania in Polish
*The spelling Anja is common in Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Dutch, Slovenian and Serbian
**Anja Pärson, Swedish alpine skier
**Anja Orthodox, the singer of Polish rock band Closterkeller
**Anja Rubik, Polish fashion model
**Anja Andersen, Danish Handball player
**Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician
**Anja Skaran, Norwegian child model

Others

*Ikechi Anya, a professional footballer
* "anya" in Hungarian means mother (other forms: édesanya, anyuka, anyuci)

In music

*"Anya", a song by Deep Purple from their 1993 album "The Battle Rages On"