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 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
- Andó Anasztázia (Anka) (born 2003), Hungarian musician
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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