Sandhya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning twilight or junction of day and night.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Sandhya by the numbers
Sandhya was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sandhya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sandradefender of mankind; short form of Alexandra299 in the US (2017)
- Saniyaradiant; brilliant184 in the US (2017)
- Sandydefender of men; a form of Alexander105 in the US (2017)
- Sanyarefined or diminished; from Sanskrit san (without)31 in the US (2017)
- Sadiyafortunate; lucky; blessed8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sathyatruth or reality5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the night
Like Sandhya, each of these has the night in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Sandhya
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