Given name & surname
Yanka
“God is good”
Yanka is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “God is good.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “God is good.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
Yanka’s family of names
Yanka has a related form in Yancca. Yanka has a related form in Yancka. Yanka has a related form in Yankka.
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Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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- Іванequivalent
- Siônequivalent
- Ifanequivalent
- Jónequivalent
- Иванequivalent
- Seánequivalent
- Iwoequivalent
- Honzaequivalent
- Jóhannesequivalent
- Jankaequivalent
- Jógvanequivalent
People named Yanka
- 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
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