Name: Vanja
Gender: Unisex (Male and Female)
Usage: Vanja, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a unisex (male and female) name.
People having the name Vanja are in general originating from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden.
Variants: For another variant of the name Vanja across the world, see Ivan.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Vanja is: God is gracious.
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Numerology of the first name Vanja: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Vanja is ranked on the 5,823rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 50500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Vanja has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Vanja for each year.
The name day of Vanja is 7 January.
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History and Origin
Vanja is originally a nickname for Ivan. Vanja may refer to:
- Vanja Blomberg (born 1929), Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion
- Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Bosnian and Croatian footballer
- Vanja Drach (1932–2009), Croatian actor
- Vanja Ejdus (born 1976), Serbian actress
- Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova (born 1960), Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s
- Vanja Grubač (born 1971), Montenegrin footballer
- Vanja Iveša (born 1977), Croatian football goalkeeper, currently playing for Eskişehirspor
- Vanja Rogulj (born 1982), 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia
- Vanja Sutlić (1925–1989), Croatian philosopher
- Vanja Udovičić (born 1982), professional water polo player from Serbia
Scandinavian: from the Russian name Vanya, but used as a girl's name because in the Scandinavian languages the ending -a is typical of female names.
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