Vidya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning knowledge; learning; wisdom.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Vidya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Vidya. In the US, 12 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 17 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Vidya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Vidya, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Vidya
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