Anja
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning grace; a form of Anna.
Anja by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Anja. In the US, 63 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 122 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Anna
Like Anja, each of these traces back to Anna: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Annikagrace; a form of Anna404 in the US (2017)
- Annabelgrace and beauty; blend of Anna and Belle119 in England and Wales (2025)
- Annaleegrace and meadow; a modern blend of Anna and Lee287 in the US (2017)
- Annaleighgrace and meadow; a blend of Anna and Leigh173 in the US (2017)
- Annaliesegrace and god's oath; blend of Anna and Liese156 in the US (2017)
- Annamariegrace and beloved; combination of Anna and Marie108 in the US (2017)
- Annaleahgrace and meadow; a modern blend of Anna and Lea83 in the US (2017)
- Analeegrace and God; a blend of Anna and Leah82 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean grace
Like Anja, each of these has grace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gracegrace, favour1,309 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hannahgrace, favour5,878 in the US (2017)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- GiannaGod is gracious3,188 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Anja
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