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I am from Germany and my name is Anja and it is pronounced Ann-yah. You can hear the correct pronunciation by clicking the link below :)
https://www.germannames.de/wiki/Anja
AN-ya (Swedish, Croatian, Serbian, German, Polish), AHN-yah (Finnish), AHN-yə (English)
In Portuguese Anja is pronounced AHN-zha.
I'm British and my name is Anja, pronounced ANN-YAH. My main bugbear is the common mistake people in my country make pronouncing it as ANN-JAH. Even at my graduation. But what can you do?
My youngest is named Anja, and sadly the other commenter was correct about English pronunciation rules/lack thereof. Such a beautiful name! But hacked to bits. Of course, no one here speaks Scandic/Germanic languages, so if you're in America and are thinking about Anja, consider Anya or Ania.
Ah-yah is correct. If you want to pronounce it ah-jah then spell it an?a.
Listen to the German pronunciation of Anja here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.
I know a girl called Anja. We pronounce it AN-yah (Norwegian).
It is pronounced as UNN-yah.

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