Vanja

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

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 (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 (born 1985), Croatian middle distance runner
 * Vanja Plisnić (born 1980), Serbian former professional basketball player
 * Vanja Radauš (1906–1975), Croatian sculptor, painter and writer
 * Vanja Radinović (born 1972), Serbian football manager and former player
 * Vanja Radovanović (born 1982), Montenegrin singer and songwriter
 * Vanja Rogulj (born 1982), 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia
 * Vanja Rupena (born 1978), Croatian model
 * Vanja Smiljanic (born 1990), Australian team handball player
 * Vanja Stanković (born 1998), Serbian taekwondo practitioner
 * Vanja Sutlić (1925–1989), Croatian philosopher
 * Vanja Udovičić (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