Saniyyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Saniyyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saniyyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Saniyah
“radiant”
A female given name from Arabic.
Meaning borrowed from Saniyah. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Saniyyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Saniyyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Saniyyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Saniyyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saniyyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
Names like Saniyyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Samiyah, Safiya, Sumayyah, Zainab, Zaniyah, Farah, Salma, Zakiyah, Safia, Samira
Names related to Saniyyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Saniyyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saniyyah, updated 20 October 2026.