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Ванда
“name of a legendary Polish queen”
Ванда (Vánda) is a feminine given name from Polish. It is used in Russian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Wanda.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ванда goes back to Polish Wanda, meaning “name of a legendary Polish queen.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ванда’s family of names
In Russian usage, Ванда has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wanda. In Russian usage, Ванда was borrowed from the Polish form Wanda. In Russian usage, Ванда has a conventional equivalent in the English form Vanda.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ванда has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.
Polishwhere Ванда comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ванда
- Wanda LandowskaPolish-French harpsichordist (1879–1959)
- Wanda RutkiewiczPolish mountain climber (1943-1992)
- Wanda SykesAmerican comedian, writer, actress and voice artistborn 1964
- Wanda JacksonAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist and guitaristborn 1937
- Wanda WasilewskaPolish writer (1905-1964)
- Wanda PanfilPolish long distance runnerborn 1959
- Wanda Vázquez GarcedPuerto Rican politician and attorney (born 1960)
- Wanda HendrixAmerican actress (1928-1981)
- Wanda WiłkomirskaPolish-Australian classical violinist and academic teacher (1929--2018)
Characters named Ванда: Wanda Maximoff (the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
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