Sansa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sansa by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Sansa. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Sansa
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 Sansa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sanaaart; craft; brilliance189 in the US (2017)
- Sanabrilliant, radiant70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saniaradiant, brilliant, shining36 in the US (2017)
- Sanyarefined or diminished; from Sanskrit san (without)31 in the US (2017)
- Sannalily or palm tree; a form of Susanna5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Santaholy, sacred; feminine form of Sanctus11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sansa
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