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 [ syll. a-nya, an-ya ] The girl name Anya is pronounced as EHNYah KEY. Anya is largely used in the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian languages, and its origin is Old Greek and Hebrew. Anya is a Latvian and Russian pet form of the name Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French). Anya is also a Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian pet form of the name Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian). Anya is fairly popular as a baby name for girls, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.042% of baby girls being given the name Anya. Its ranking then was #375. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly linked to Anya, Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French) was the most widely used. Its use outnumbered Anya's by 8 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Anya include Eithne (Irish and Scottish), Enya (English and Irish), Aimee (English), Aimeé (French), Aimée (French), Aimi (English), Aimie (English), Aimy (English), Aina (Finnish, Scandinavian, and Catalan), Aino (Finnish), Am (Vietnamese), Amy (English), Aymi (English), Cheyna (Hebrew and Yiddish), Emi (English), Emie (English), Emine (Turkish), Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian), Emmi (English and German), and Emmie (English). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anya: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
