Yanka - Meaning of Yanka
What does Yanka mean?
[ syll. yan-ka, ya-nka ] The baby boy name Yanka is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as YAENGKAH †. Yanka is a Russian name of Hebrew origin.
Yanka is a variant (Russian) of the name Jacob (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian).
Yanka is also a diminutive form (Russian) of the name John (English and Hebrew).
See also the related categories, hebrew and russian.
Yanka is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Yanka, Jacob was the most popular in 2018.
Baby names that sound like Yanka include Yamqui, Yana, Yancee, Yancey, Yanci, Yancie, Yancy, Yanick, Yanik, Yanis, Yankee, Yankey, Yanko, Yanky, Yannic, Yannick, Yannik, Yannis, Yengee, and Yengey.
† approx English pronunciation for Yanka: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

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