Given name & surname
Vania
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Vania is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vania is a form of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Vania is used as a form of Anna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,992
- 0 boys · 2,992 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 153 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #2,858 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 60 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,858 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 153 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,105 as a first name in 2020; 126 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vania’s family of names
Vania is a form of Anna. Vania has a related form in Vanna. Vania has a related form in Vanya.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Vania has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Vanyavariant
- Vannavariant · Italian
- Vanniavariant
- Vaniyavariant
- Vanjavariant
- Vannyavariant
- Vaniahvariant
- Vâniavariant · Portuguese
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vania
- Vania KingAmerican female tennis playerborn 1989
- IvanaBulgarian female singerborn 1969
- Vania StambolovaBulgarian sprinter and hurdlerborn 1983
- Vanja Gesheva-TsvetkovaBulgarian sprint canoerborn 1960
- Vania LarissaIndonesian singerborn 1995
- Vania VargasGuatemalan poet, writer and cultural journalistborn 1978
- Vania HeymannIsraeli film directorborn 1986
- Vania RavololoniainaMalagasy weightlifterborn 1992
- Vania MillánSpanish modelborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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