Anka is a given name and a surname.
As a given name, it is a
diminutive
A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment, and sometimes to belittle s ...
form (and
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
) of the female given name
Ana.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Anka Lambreva (1895–1976), Bulgarian nurse, teacher and adventurer
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Anka Bakova (born 1957), Bulgarian former rower
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Anka Čekanová (1905–1965), Czech dancer
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Anka Đurović (1850–1925), Serbian nurse
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Anka Georgieva (born 1959), Bulgarian former rower
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Anka Grupińska (born 1956), Polish dissident, journalist and writer
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Anka Khristolova (born 1955), Bulgarian former volleyball player
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Anka Krizmanić (1896–1987), Croatian painter and printmaker
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Anka Muhlstein (born 1935), French historian and biographer
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Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), Serbian princess and writer
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Anka Wolbert
Anka Wolbert (also Anke Wolbert, born 10 June 1963) is a Dutch musician, singer, songwriter and artist, best known for her work with Clan of Xymox.
Music career
Xymox, Clan of Xymox
Anka Wolbert co-founded the band Xymox with Ronny Moorings in ...
(born 1963), Dutch musician, singer and songwriter
Surname
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Kris Anka
Kris Anka is an American comics artist and inker, best known for his work with Marvel Comics on X-Men, Runaways (comics), Runaways, Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel, and his 2014 re-design of Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Spider-Wo ...
, American comic book artist
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Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs include " Diana", “ You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby".
Anka also wr ...
(born 1941), musician popular mainly in the 1950s and '60s in the United States
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Yushau Anka (born 1950), Nigerian politician
Fictional characters
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Arne Anka, a poet/party duck by the cartoonist Charlie Christensen
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Anka The Machine-Gunner, a female movie character popular in Russian humor
* Ankha, a villager in the
Animal Crossing
is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can ...
series of video games
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