Indyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IN-dee-a
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Indyah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “river (the Indus)”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Indyah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Indya, itself a variant of India, named via Persian and Greek from Sanskrit sindhu
“river (the Indus)”
Meaning borrowed from Indya.
Is Indyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Indyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Indyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Indyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Indyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Indyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani, Ishani, Ishanvi, Arya, Saanvi, Dhriti, Aadhya, Ishika, Isha, Adhara, Akshara, Aarya
Names related to Indyah
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Indyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/indyah, updated 20 October 2026.