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Sanya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Sanya

[ syll. sa-nya, san-ya ] The girl name Sanya is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced SAANYah KEY. Sanya has its origins in the Old Greek and Sanskrit languages. It is used largely in Russian. From Old Greek and Sanskrit roots, its meaning is 'born on Saturday'.

In addition, Sanya is a pet form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra in the Russian language.

Sanya is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Sanya, the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Alexandra was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Sanya include the Arabic Salma, the English and Indian Sameena, the name Sameh, the English Sami, the English Sammi, the English Sammie, the English Sammy, the English Samone, the Arabic and Urdu Sana, the German and Russian Sanja, the English, German, and Scandinavian Sanna, the Dutch and German Sannie, the Italian Santa, the Arabic Sawsan, the Irish Seana, the English Season, the Indian Seema, the Tongan Seini, the Turkish Sema, and the English Sena.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Sanya: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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