Dunya
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning world or life.
Dunya by the numbers
In 2025, 30 babies in England and Wales were named Dunya. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dunya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Danyagod is my judge; form of Danielle11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Duniaworld7 in the US (2017)
- Duniyaworld or life in this world3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Donya6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dannagod is my judge; a form of Daniel579 in the US (2017)
- Daniagod is my judge; a feminine form of daniel46 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean life
Like Dunya, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Dunya
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