Vanja is a given name. It was originally a nickname for

Ivan Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was the B ...

. People with this name include: * Vanja Babić (born 1981), Serbian taekwondo athlete * Vanja Blomberg (born 1929), Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion * Vanja Brodnik (born 1989), Slovenian alpine ski racer * Vanja Bulić (born 1947), Serbian journalist and author * Vanja Drach (1932–2009), Croatian theatre and film actor * Vanja Drkušić (born 1999), Slovenian footballer * Vanja Dukic, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder * Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Bosnian and Croatian footballer * Vanja Ejdus (born 1976), Serbian actress * Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova (born 1960), Bulgarian sprint canoeist * Vanja Grubač (born 1971), Montenegrin footballer * Vanja Guša (born 1966), Serbian basketball coach * Vanja Ilić (handballer) (born 1993), Serbian handball player * Vanja Ilić (swimmer) (1927–2018), Yugoslav swimmer * Vanja Iveša (born 1977), retired Croatian football goalkeeper * Vanja Marinković (born 1997), Serbian professional basketball player *

Vanja Marković Vanja Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Вања Марковић; born 20 June 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career After joining Portuguese club Farense in July 2018, Marković left the club by mutua ...

(born 1994), Serbian professional footballer * Vanja Mičeta (born 1969), synchronized swimmer from Serbia * Vanja Milinković-Savić (born 1997), Serbian footballer * Vanja Panić (born 2002), Slovenian footballer *

Vanja Perišić Vanja Perišić (born July 5, 1985, in Split) is a Croatian middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. Perisic represented Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 800 metres. She ran in ...

(born 1985), Croatian middle distance runner *

Vanja Plisnić Vanja Plisnić ( sr-cyr, Вања Плиснић; born July 28, 1980) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 2,05 m tall Power forward (basketball), power forward. With KK FMP (1991–2011), FMP Železnik Plisnić won the 20 ...

(born 1980), Serbian former professional basketball player *

Vanja Radauš Vanja Radauš (29 April 1906 – 24 April 1975) was a Croats, Croatian sculptor, painter and writer. Life After attending elementary and high school in his home town of Vinkovci, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Z ...

(1906–1975), Croatian sculptor, painter and writer *

Vanja Radinović Vanja Radinović (; born 7 September 1972) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career After coming through the youth system at Partizan, Radinović played for OFK Beograd between 1992 and 1996. Managerial career Between 20 ...

(born 1972), Serbian football manager and former player *

Vanja Radovanović Vanja Radovanović (; born 28 October 1982) is a Montenegrin singer and songwriter. He represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song " Inje", however failed to make the final, coming 16th place ...

(born 1982), Montenegrin singer and songwriter *

Vanja Rogulj Vanja Rogulj (born 13 February 1982, in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He won the 100 m breaststroke at the 2001 Mediterrane ...

(born 1982), 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia *

Vanja Rupena Vanja Rupena (born 18 April 1978) is a Croatian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the 1996 Miss Croatia and represented Croatia in the Miss World 1996 pageant in Bangalore, India. She appeared on the cover of the Croatian edition o ...

(born 1978), Croatian model *Vanja Smiljanic (born 1990), Australian team handball player *

Vanja Stanković Vanja Stanković ( sr-cyr, Вања Станковић; born 24 March 1998) is a Serbian taekwondo practitioner. She won a gold medal in the women's flyweight event at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships. Beginnings Born in Belgrade B ...

(born 1998), Serbian taekwondo practitioner *

Vanja Sutlić Vanja Sutlić (18 February 1925 – 15 December 1989) was a Yugoslavian philosopher. He was regarded as the father of the Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; 26 September 1889 – 26 May 1976) was a German philosopher known for contributions to phen ...

(1925–1989), Croatian philosopher *

Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić, (born Franjo Udovičić,, on 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is aligned with t ...

(born 1982), professional water polo player from Serbia * Vanja Vonckx (born 1973), former Belgian racing cyclist * Vanja Vučićević (born 1998), Serbian footballer * Vanja Vukovic (born 1971), fine-art photographer and photo-designer living in Germany * Vanja Y. Watkins (born 1938), writer of hymns of the LDS Church * Vanja Zvekanov (born 2000), Serbian professional footballer

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