Zanyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Zanyah by the numbers
Zanyah was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zanyah
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 Zanyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaniahgrace and beauty; a form of Zaynab49 in the US (2017)
- Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
- Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zannahlily; a form of Susannah9 in the US (2017)
- Zaniyah334 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zanyah
Names that are said the same way as Zanyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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