Given name · Belarusian · Bulgarian
Янка
Янка (Jánka) is a masculine given name. It is used in Belarusian.
Belarusian and BulgarianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Jánka.
Meaning & origin
Янка’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Янка has a related form in Janka. In Belarusian usage, Янка can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jánka.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jackequivalent
- Johnequivalent
- Ianequivalent
- Giovanniequivalent
- Evanequivalent
- Juanequivalent
- Ivanequivalent
- Johnnyequivalent
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- Johanequivalent
- Joanequivalent
- Jeanequivalent
- Gianequivalent
- Jonequivalent
- Hansequivalent
- Johannequivalent
- Johannesequivalent
- Janequivalent
- Yannisequivalent
- Ioannisequivalent
- Ionequivalent
- Yannequivalent
- Ivoequivalent
- Ioanequivalent
- Jaanequivalent
- Ieuanequivalent
- Ivanoequivalent
- Hannsequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
- Jóhannequivalent
- Jánosequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Я́нкаhas masculine form
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Янка
- Yanka KupalaBelarusian writer (1882–1942)
- Yanka DyagilevaSoviet poet and singer-songwriter (1966-1991)
- Yanka BrylBelarusian writer (1917–2006)
- Yanka MaurBelarusian writer (1883–1971)
- Yanka RupkinaBulgarian folk singer1938–2026
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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