| Vanya | Avni | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | of the forest | The earth |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | VAAN-yah | UHV-nee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2020 (83) | 2025 (88) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Vanya | Avni |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 445 | 434 |
| 2010s | 391 | 686 |
| 2000s | 214 | 288 |
| 1990s | 55 | 92 |
| 1980s | 11 | 74 |
| 1970s | 50 | 15 |
| 1960s | 78 | 0 |
| 1950s | 35 | 0 |
From Sanskrit vanya (वन्य), 'of the forest, wild, forest-born'. Cross-cultural: Vanya is also a Russian pet form of the male name Ivan.
From the Sanskrit अवनि (avani), 'the earth, ground, a river-bed'. A genuine Vedic/classical word for the earth.
Vanya and Avni are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Vanya means of the forest (sanskrit origin), while Avni means The earth (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Vanya first appears in 0 and Avni in 0, so Vanya has the longer recorded history.