Given name & surname
Ania
“a woman graced with God's favor”
In Polish use, Ania is a shortened form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Ania is a shortened form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ania is a variant of Anita. An origin associated with Anita is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,315
- 0 boys · 3,315 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 181 babies
- 2025
- 69
- #2,544 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 69 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,544 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 181 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,952 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ania’s family of names
In Polish usage, Ania is a diminutive of Anna. In Polish usage, Ania has a conventional equivalent in Ana. Ania has a related form in Anna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ania has relatives in 13 languages.
17 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ania
- AniaPolish singerborn 1981
- Ania BuksteinSoviet Russian-born Israeli actress and singerborn 1982
- Ania MarsonPolish and British actressborn 1949
- Ania Monica CaillRomanian alpine skierborn 1995
- Ania PieroniItalian actress and modelborn 1957
- Ania LoombaIndian specialist in literature and university teacherborn 1955
- Rebecca SchejaSwedish actress and musicianborn 1989
- Ania RusowiczPolish singerborn 1983
- Ania KarwanPolish singerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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