Vanja
Vanja is a given name. It was originally a nickname for Ivan.
People with this name include:
- Vanja Babić, Serbian taekwondo athlete
- Vanja Blomberg, Swedish gymnast and Olympic champion
- Vanja Brodnik, Slovenian alpine ski racer
- Vanja Bulić, Serbian journalist and author
- Vanja Drach, Croatian theatre and film actor
- Vanja Drkušić, Slovenian footballer
- Vanja Dukic, professor of applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Vanja Džaferović, Bosnian and Croatian footballer
- Vanja Ejdus, Serbian actress
- Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova, Bulgarian sprint canoeist
- Vanja Grubač, Montenegrin footballer
- Vanja Guša, Serbian basketball coach
- Vanja Ilić (handballer), Serbian handball player
- Vanja Ilić (swimmer), Yugoslav swimmer
- Vanja Iveša, retired Croatian football goalkeeper
- Vanja Marinković, Serbian professional basketball player
- Vanja Marković, Serbian professional footballer
- Vanja Mičeta, synchronized swimmer from Serbia
- Vanja Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer
- Vanja Panić, Slovenian footballer
- Vanja Perišić, Croatian middle distance runner
- Vanja Plisnić, Serbian former professional basketball player
- Vanja Radauš, Croatian sculptor, painter and writer
- Vanja Radinović, Serbian football manager and former player
- Vanja Radovanović, Montenegrin singer and songwriter
- Vanja Rogulj, 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia
- Vanja Rupena, Croatian model
- Vanja Smiljanic, Australian team handball player
- Vanja Stanković, Serbian taekwondo practitioner
- Vanja Sutlić, Croatian philosopher
- Vanja Udovičić, professional water polo player from Serbia
- Vanja Vonckx, former Belgian racing cyclist
- Vanja Vučićević, Serbian footballer
- Vanja Vukovic, fine-art photographer and photo-designer living in Germany
- Vanja Y. Watkins, writer of hymns of the LDS Church
- Vanja Zvekanov, Serbian professional footballer