Zaniya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 83 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
83
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaniya by the numbers

Zaniya was given to 83 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 263 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Zaniya

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

  • Zariyablooming flower; a form of Zahra78 in the US (2017)
  • Zakiyapure, chaste, intelligent47 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiyagraceful beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or Zaina42 in the US (2017)
  • Zaniyah334 in the US (2017)
  • Zanaya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zamiya25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaniya

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

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