Sanav
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Sanav by the numbers
Sanav was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sanav
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 Sanav. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sanadsupport; backing; evidence52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sanay13 in the US (2017)
- Sanaf3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sandydefender of men; a form of Alexander105 in the US (2017)
- Samarevening conversation or gathering18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saganone who speaks; a storyteller79 in the US (2017)
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