Chaniya - Meaning of Chaniya

What does Chaniya mean?

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Chaniya

[ 3 syll. (c)ha-ni-ya, ch-an-iya ] The baby girl name Chaniya is pronounced as CH-AH-Niy-Yaa- †. Chaniya's language of origin is Hebrew and African-Swahili. It is predominantly used in the African and Swahili languages. From African-Swahili roots, its meaning is 'wealthy'.

Chaniya is a form of the Hebrew Chania.

See also the related categories, swahili and hebrew.

Chaniya is an unusual baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Chaniya include Chasina, Chasmeen, Chasmin, Chasmyn, Chasmyne, Chassamayn, Chenoa, Chesnea, Chessamine, Chessamy, Chessamyn, Chessimine, Chi-Anna, Chianna, Chiemi, Chioma, Choomia, Chumani, Chumaney, and Canna.

† English pronunciation for Chaniya: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"