Anya?

[pgwithnumber3]

Silly no name or pretty?

[sweetkitty]

I quite like it but stupid people will probably call her Anna all the time and she will spend her life correcting them.

[brimfull]

nice name

also like catya

[Tatties]

I have known a couple (one Anja) - I think it is lovely

[micci25]

i lobe that name i wanted it for my dd2 but dp vetoed it!! its a great aunts name as my family poriginate from yugaslavia (sp?) and dd1 has a family name so i wanted dd2 to have one!

[pgwithnumber3]

It means gracious which is nice. Does it go with Grace & Maya though?

[ranting]

Well I would HOPE it's not a silly no name . It's lovely and people will NOT keep calling her Anna, they will comment on what a beautiful name she has.

[Heated]

Think it is lovely

[berolina]

It is a very common name in Germany (spelt Anja). I know several - one of ds2's godmothers is one. I think it's nice enough but am not mad on it. It's certainly not silly though.

[Mavornia]

I think it's lovely and goes very well with Grace and Maya.

It's different without being weird

[geminigirl]

Oh I love this name!! It goes perfectly with the other two names.

[Spaghettiarms]

beautiful I know 2 Anya's one DS1's age (4) one my age (older!)

[pgwithnumber3]

Ranting is your DD called Anya by any chance?!

[ranting]

[pgwithnumber3]

Shit, just said it with my surname, it doesn't really go!

Anya Owens - doesn't sound quite right.

[pgwithnumber3]

Someone tell me if it goes or not with my surname - PLEASE!

[Elkat]

Yes, I think Anya is lovely

[wrinklytum]

I think it is a very pretty name.

[littlewoman]

Anya is how the Russians pronounce Anna ( I've a friend by this name. I call her Anna, her Russian friend calls her Anya). It's not a 'no-name'. Honestly.

[OurHamsterisevil]

I think its lovely. My DB called me that when he was a toddler as he couldn't say Andrea.

[pgwithnumber3]

Does it go with the surname OWENS though? Anya Owens?

[littlewoman]

That's the problem when the christian name ends with a vowel and the surname begins with one. They can tend to run into each other. Mine does the same. But maybe it just sounds strange because you're not used to hearing the name Anya Owens. Repeat it till you are used to it, and then decide, maybe?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Yeah, it sounds a bit odd, with that surname. As littlewoman says, the two names blend together, and you end up saying Ann Yowens.

[littlewoman]

Or Anya Rowens

[Ohireallyshouldnt]

I also have too many vowels in the first and surnames, so have the same problem... I lOVE the name Anya(my names Anna), but, and i hesitate to say it, might Anya Owens, said quickly, sound a little bit too like "On your own"?