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Wanja

“the Lord is gracious”

unisexmasculinefeminineLatin script

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German (Germany, Berlin)

Origin: Russian
5 language contexts: French German Danish +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Wanja

Wanja is a unisex given name documented in French, German, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Russian Ва́ня. German Wikipedia gives the meaning “the Lord is gracious”.

Russian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “the Lord is gracious”

Borrowed from Russian Ва́ня (Vánja), diminutive of the male name Ива́н (Iván, “John”) and the female name Иванна (Ivanna, “Jane”).

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Wanja (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Wanja is used

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countries in our sources

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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

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France

Language records

Documented as a given name in French.

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4 of 9 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Wanja

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2021; 8 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Wanja in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	3	845	observed
2001	5	685	observed
2002	5	714	observed
2003	5	728	observed
2004	3	923	observed
2005	5	777	observed
2006	3	1,008	observed
2007	3	1,028	observed
2008	7	716	observed
2009	3	1,111	observed
2010	3	1,145	observed
2011	1	1,581	observed
2012	3	1,205	observed
2013	2	1,391	observed
2014	4	1,117	observed
2015	3	1,296	observed
2016	3	1,310	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	2	1,563	observed
2019	6	980	observed
2020	5	1,091	observed
2021	8	867	observed
2022	3	1,411	observed
2023	4	1,226	observed
2024	3	1,419	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Wanja” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000350CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Wanja (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Wanja.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Wanja

Russian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “the Lord is gracious”

Borrowed from Russian Ва́ня (Vánja), diminutive of the male name Ива́н (Iván, “John”) and the female name Иванна (Ivanna, “Jane”).

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Wanja (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Wanja is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Wanja’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

France

Language records

Documented as a given name in French.

Explore France

4 of 9 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Wanja

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2021; 8 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Wanja in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	3	845	observed
2001	5	685	observed
2002	5	714	observed
2003	5	728	observed
2004	3	923	observed
2005	5	777	observed
2006	3	1,008	observed
2007	3	1,028	observed
2008	7	716	observed
2009	3	1,111	observed
2010	3	1,145	observed
2011	1	1,581	observed
2012	3	1,205	observed
2013	2	1,391	observed
2014	4	1,117	observed
2015	3	1,296	observed
2016	3	1,310	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	2	1,563	observed
2019	6	980	observed
2020	5	1,091	observed
2021	8	867	observed
2022	3	1,411	observed
2023	4	1,226	observed
2024	3	1,419	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q20000350CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
German Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: WanjaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (de): Wanja (Vorname)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Wanja.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Wanja

About Wanja

Russian origin

Where Wanja is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

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A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Wanja

About Wanja

Russian origin

Where Wanja is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Vania

Vânia

Vanja

Vanya

Ваня

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Wanja

Russian origin

Where Wanja is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Wanja

Russian origin

Where Wanja is used

Across borders

France

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page