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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Scripts Ваня(Russian)
Other Forms FormsVanja, Vanya, Vania
German variant of
Vanya, a Russian diminutive of either
Ivan or
Ivanna. This is also used in Scandinavia (see
Vanja), where it is primarily feminine.
Means "the one from outside" in Kikuyu.