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- ru,uk · borrowed fromВа́ня“Johnny”
- English todayVanya
Romanization of Russian and Ukrainian Ва́ня (Vánja, “Johnny”), a diminutive of Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan, “John”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan). Full definition →