Laniya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 79 babies a year in the US.
Laniya by the numbers
Laniya was given to 79 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 240 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Laniya
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 Laniya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Laniya
Names that are said the same way as Laniya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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