Zanya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Zanya by the numbers
Zanya was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zanya
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 Zanya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zaiyagraceful beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or Zaina42 in the US (2017)
- Zaryadawn or sunrise28 in the US (2017)
- Zannagracious; short form of Susanna20 in the US (2017)
- Zanahospitable; a form of Xenia or diminutive of Susanna8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakyapure, intelligent or wise7 in the US (2017)
- Zaya202 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zanya
Names that are said the same way as Zanya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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