Forename Vanja

Worldwide, Vanja (Vanja , Ваня , Вања ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Vanja is habitual in Southern Europe, particularly Croatia, where it is a common gender-neutral name, Serbia, where it is a common mostly female, but infrequently masculine name, and Montenegro (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Serbia, Russia, and Croatia. Much less frequently, Vanja is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Vanja

name Wanja, name Иванна, name Ванйа, name Vania, name Ваньжа, name วันจา, name 芬雅, name Ваня, name Vânia, name فانيا, name Ванжа, name Vanya, name Вања, name Vanja

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Vanja	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, India, Serbia, Croatia
Ваня	Moldova, Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia
Вања	Serbia
فانيا	Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria

First names said to be same

Vania, Vanya, Vânia, Wanja, Ванжа, Ванйа, Ваньжа, Иванна, วันจา, and 芬雅

First name Vanja in the context

Vanja is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ivan Vanko , the fictional character from 2010 film 'Iron Man 2'; Ivan Drago , the fictional Russian boxer from the film Rocky IV; Ivan the Fool , the character from Russian folklore, The Little Humpbacked Horse; Ivan Petrovich , the character from Dostoyevsky's Humiliated and Insulted and Major Pronin , the fictional character in Lev Ovalov's works, Captain Pronin, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	vanja blomberg Swedish artistic gymnast, SE (b. 1929)
	vanja orico Brazilian actress, BR (b. 1931)
	vanja brunzell SE (b. 1928)
	vanja dahlgren (SE) Scripta. Född 1905 i Stockholm, bortgången 1969. Verksam mellan åren 1933 – 1957. Other profession (b. 1905)
	vanja radauš Croatian writer and artist (1906-1975), HR (b. 1906)
	vanja lantz Swedish translator, SE (b. 1911)
	vanja timer Croatian actress and singer (1914-2002), HR (b. 1914)
	vanja vukovic German fine-art photographer and photo-designer, ME (b. 1971)
	vanja sutlić Croatian philosopher, HR (b. 1925)
	vanja alič Slovene journalist and musician, SI (b. 1975)
	vanja rodefeldt Swedish actress, SE (b. 1926)
	vanja iveša Croatian footballer, HR (b. 1977)
	vanja illić Yugoslav swimmer (1927-2018), US (b. 1927)
	vanja pegan SI (b. 1967)
	vanja terentieff (b. 1968)