Meanings
alternative Vania
- A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian or Ukrainian Ива́н (Iván), Іван (Ivan).
- A female given name
Nia looked at Vanya, her brown eyes searching her sister-in-law's face.
2020 October 24, Milla Holt, Lessons Learned in Love, Reinbok Limited, →ISBN2 more examples
Aditi introduced him to Vanya, her five-year-old daughter. He could not meet her yesterday as she had gone for her drawing classes at that time. Vanya, dropping the crayons that she was busy coloring with, looked up at him and[…]
2018 October 12, THE UNPLANNED, Onlinegatha, →ISBN, page 136Allison's words of warning to her sister Vanya express a common and everyday concern for many women.
2021 November 2, Lisann Anders, The Force of The Umbrella Academy: Essays on Voices and Violence in the Comics and Netflix Series, McFarland, →ISBN, page 152 - ethnicslurA Russian.
Vanya had a drunken brawl with his friends at 3am.
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Vanya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vanya
“Vanya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vanya. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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