Wania
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Wania by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Wania. In the US, 10 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 18 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Wania
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 Wania. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Wandawanderer or of the Vandals7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Waniya15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wanita7 in the US (2017)
- Wajihadistinguished, noble, prominent25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wazihaclear; evident; obvious16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wafaaloyalty, faithfulness, or devotion8 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Wania
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