Sanah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
Sanah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiance or praise”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sanah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sana; Arabic sana, brilliance, or thana, praise, pronounced alike in Urdu
“radiance or praise”
Can come from Arabic sana, brilliance, or thana, praise, which sound alike in Urdu; Sana is also a Japanese name.
Meaning borrowed from Sana. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sanah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanah is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 68 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sanah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sanah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 36 | #804 |
| 2002 | 45 | #661 |
| 2001 | 56 | #564 |
| 2000 | 46 | #635 |
| 1999 | 43 | #650 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 68 | #483 |
| 1996 | 46 | #590 |
How popular is Sanah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Sanah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
Names like Sanah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Zainab Sumayyah Farah Ayah Samah Safaa Hibah Hiba Hafsa Nusaybah
Names related to Sanah
Sana Siana Sanaya Sahana Sanaa Sanna Sania Saniya Saniyah Sanai
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sanah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanah, updated 20 October 2026.