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Anka - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anka

[ syll. an-ka, ank-a ] The boy name Anka is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AENGKah KEY. The origin of Anka is Turkish. The name is of the meaning the legendary phoenix, will-o'-the-wisp.

Anka is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Anka include Aengus (Irish), Ahmik, Amyas (English), Anang (Twi), Anas (Arabic), Anchjo (Esperanto), Anees (Arabic), Angie (Scottish), Angus (English, Irish, and Scottish), Anis (Arabic), Anish (Indian), Anjay (Indian), Annas (English), Anshu (Indian), Ansis (Latvian), Anssi (Finnish), Anxo (Galician), Aonghas (Scottish), Aonghus (English, Irish, and Scottish), and Auggie (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anka: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; NG as in "ping (P.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Anka