Anka (name)

Anka is a given name and a surname.

As a given name, it is a diminutive form (and hypocorism) of the female given name Ana.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Anka Lambreva (1895–1976), Bulgarian nurse, teacher and adventurer
Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), Serbian princess
Anka Bakova (born 1957), Bulgarian former rower
Anka Čekanová (1905–1965), Czech dancer
Anka Đurović (1850–1925), Serbian nurse
Anka Georgieva (born 1959), Bulgarian former rower
Anka Grupińska (born 1956), Polish dissident, journalist and writer
Anka Khristolova (born 1955), Bulgarian former volleyball player
Anka Krizmanić (1896–1987), Croatian painter and printmaker
Anka Muhlstein (born 1935), French historian and biographer
Anka Wolbert (born 1963), Dutch musician, singer and songwriter

Surname

Paul Anka (born 1941), musician popular mainly in the 1950s and '60s in the United States
Yushau Anka (born 1950), Nigerian politician

Fictional characters

Arne Anka, a poet/party duck by the cartoonist Charlie Christensen
Anka The Machine-Gunner, a female movie character popular in Russian humor
Ankha, a villager in the Animal Crossing series of video games

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