Ania

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Anja in DE Germany, NL Netherlands, US United States and 12 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ania is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian given name3.4K records spelled Ania4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Spain, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Anìa, Anía

• a separate given name1.5K records spelled Ania5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Anía, Ânia, Ània, Ani︠a︡

• Hindi given name1.3K records spelled Ania4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Also written Aníà, Anía, Anïa

• Finnish given name720 records spelled Ania3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Añiä

• Swahili given name622 records spelled Ania3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Tanzania, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Also written Ânia

• Italian given name608 records spelled Ania5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Anìa, Ãnïä, Aniã, Anïa

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ania is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., Schreibvariante von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Welsh, a female given name from Russian Аня (Anja), equivalent to English Anya

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Cebuano, there exists (near both the speaker and listener)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In jpx-pro, elder sister, older sister

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swahili, to intend, plan

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 55 years between 1968–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ania Marsonb. 1949PLPolish and British actress
• Ania Pieronib. 1957ITItalian actress and model
• Anya Hindmarchb. 1968GBnot in their usual nameBritish designer
• Ania Kinskib. 1977PLPolish-French pornographic actress
• Ania Sowinskib. 1979GBBritish actress
• Ania Buksteinb. 1982ILSoviet Russian-born Israeli actress and singer
• Ania Niedieckb. 1983DEGerman actress
• Anya Olsenb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Anya Taylor-Joyb. 1996USnot in their usual nameactress (born 1996)
• Anya Chalotrab. 1996GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 504 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ania?

We estimate roughly 61 thousand people bear Ania (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Ania have the most bearers?

Ania is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled anja.

Where is Ania most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ania is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 241 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ania compared with other names?

In Germany, Ania is the 67th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Ania a male or female name?

Ania is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ania mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin Annia, feminine of Annius; 'dedicated to Anna Perenna', goddess of the year.