Sanaii

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sanaii by the numbers

Sanaii was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 34 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Sanaii

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 Sanaii. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sanai136 in the US (2017)
  • Sanari13 in the US (2017)
  • Sanii11 in the US (2017)
  • Saraiprincess; my princess717 in the US (2017)
  • Sarahiprincess; a form of Sarah248 in the US (2017)
  • Sanaaart; craft; brilliance189 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sanaii

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

  • Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
  • Saniaradiant, brilliant, shining36 in the US (2017)
  • Sanyarefined or diminished; from Sanskrit san (without)31 in the US (2017)
  • Sahaanadawn early morning time3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sanaya115 in the US (2017)
  • Saniah24 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sanaii

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