Vanya

English

Etymology

Romanization of Russian Ва́ня (Vánja, “Johnny”), a diminutive of Ива́н (Iván, “John”)

Proper noun

Vanya

1. A transliteration of the pet form of the Russian male given name from Russian Ива́н (Iván).
2. A female given name
   • 2018 October 12, THE UNPLANNED, Onlinegatha, →ISBN, page 136:

     Aditi introduced him to Vanya, her five-year-old daughter. He could not meet her yesterday as she had gone for her drawing classes at that time. Vanya, dropping the crayons that she was busy coloring with, looked up at him and […]

   • 2020 October 24, Milla Holt, Lessons Learned in Love, Reinbok Limited, →ISBN:

     Nia looked at Vanya, her brown eyes searching her sister-in-law's face.

   • 2021 November 2, Lisann Anders, The Force of The Umbrella Academy: Essays on Voices and Violence in the Comics and Netflix Series, McFarland, →ISBN, page 152:

     Allison's words of warning to her sister Vanya express a common and everyday concern for many women.

3. (slang) A Russian.

   Vanya had a drunken brawl with his friends at 3am.

Synonyms

• Ivan (slang, a Russian person)