Sayana

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sayana by the numbers

Sayana was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Sayana

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

  • Sahanapatient; forbearing; easy to bear136 in the US (2017)
  • Savanatreeless plain or grassland62 in the US (2017)
  • Sayakasmall fragment, bloom6 in the US (2017)
  • Siyana50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shayana10 in the US (2017)
  • Salana5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sayana

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

  • 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)
  • Sanaii16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sayana

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