ANYA

Anya is the Russian form of Anna which means "graceful". 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 Lahiri, a British singer

★ Anya Major, an athlete and model

★ Anya Monzikova, a Russian-American model on Deal or No Deal

★ Anya Mullen, daughter of Larry Mullen (drummer for the band U2)

★ 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 Vorobyova, daughter of Yuri Vorobyov

★ Anya (born 1976), Taiwanese actress [1]

★ Anya Dwinov, an Indonesian artist and businesswoman

★ Anya Vazirani, daughter of Raj and Nadia Vazirani - notable Manhattan socialite

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Different spelling

Others

In music

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 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''

★ 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)

Different spelling

★ 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, German, Swedish and Dutch.

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★ Anja Pärson, Swedish highjumper

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★ Anja Orthodox, the singer of Polish rock band Closterkeller

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★ Anja Rubik, Polish fashion model

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★ Anja Andersen, Danish Handball player

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★ Anja Garbarek, Norwegian musician

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★ Anja Skaran, Norwegian child model

Others

★ Anya, an extended cycle combined oral contraceptive pill

★ Ikechi Anya, a professional footballer

In music

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