Shya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning dark; blue-black like krishna.
Shya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shya.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shya
Names that are said the same way as Shya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shiah5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean blue
Like Shya, each of these has blue in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Indigoindigo dye; deep blue color82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sapphireprecious blue gemstone; from sappheiros60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azulblue116 in the US (2017)
- Neelblue, sapphire115 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Shya, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shya
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