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 [ syll. a-ni-yah, an-iy-ah ] The girl name Aniyah is pronounced as AENahYah- KEY. Aniyah is largely used in the English language and its origin is Polish. The meaning of the name is God was gracious, God has shown favor. The adoption of the forms Aniyah and Aniya could have been recently influenced from their similarity in sound to Amaya. The latter name gained prominence in 2000 when it was known from a contestant, Amaya Brecher, from the popular MTV reality television series 'The Real World: Hawaii'. The name Aniya (English) is a variant of Aniyah. See also the related form, Ania (Polish and Russian). Aniyah is a popular baby girl name, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.087% of baby girls were given the name Aniyah. It was #187 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Aniyah was the most popular in 2008. Aniyah was used 44% more than the subsequent ranked name, Aniya (English), in that year. Baby names that sound like Aniyah include Aniya (English), Aamina (Arabic), Ainhoa (Basque and Spanish), Aiyana (Swahili and English), Allonia (English), Amaia (Basque and Spanish), Amana (Hebrew), Amani (Arabic), Amaui, Amaya (Basque and Japanese), Ameena (Arabic), Amiee (English), Amina (Arabic), Aminah (Arabic), Amya (English), Anahi (Spanish), Anemone (Greek), Anima (Indian), Anina (Czech and Italian), and Anniina (Finnish). KEY: approx pronunciation for Aniyah: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
