Jiya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning life; soul.
Jiya by the numbers
In 2025, 53 babies in England and Wales were named Jiya. In the US, 107 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 American peak was 141 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
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Other names that mean life
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