Semya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Semya by the numbers

Semya was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Semya

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

  • Samyaelevated or lofty in rank50 in the US (2017)
  • Semasky or celestial11 in the US (2017)
  • Senyavictorious; diminutive of Arseny or related forms7 in the US (2017)
  • Somya6 in the US (2017)
  • Semia5 in the US (2017)
  • Samiyaelevated, exalted135 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Semya

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