Xaniya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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

Xaniya by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Xaniya

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

  • Xaniyah10 in the US (2017)
  • Xeniahospitable or welcoming16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Xandradefender of mankind; a diminutive of Alexandra12 in the US (2017)
  • Xaria36 in the US (2017)
  • Xavia11 in the US (2017)
  • Xaila7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Xaniya

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

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