Adanya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Adanya by the numbers

Adanya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Adanya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adanya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aanyagracious, merciful39 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ananyaunique or incomparable140 in the US (2017)
  • Adannadaughter of the father25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aranyaof the forest; relating to wilderness7 in the US (2017)
  • Adaya47 in the US (2017)
  • Avanya5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Adanya

Names that are said the same way as Adanya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Adannayadaughter of the father14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adoniaof adonis; feminine form of adonis6 in the US (2017)
  • Adoniahthe lord is my father; a form of adonijah6 in the US (2017)
  • Adiana8 in the US (2017)
  • Audiana8 in the US (2017)
  • Adianna6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Adanya

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