Sanjna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SUNJ-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Sanjna is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “consciousness, understanding”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sanjna mean?
Sanskrit: from samjna 'consciousness'
“consciousness, understanding”
In Hindu tradition Sanjna is the wife of the sun god Surya and the mother of Yama and Manu.
Is Sanjna a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanjna is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanjna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sanjna in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanjna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Sanjna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shreya Dhara Kridha Vibha Shriya Priya Krisha Kavya Radhika Navya Prisha Sanvi
Names related to Sanjna
More Sanskrit names
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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, “Sanjna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanjna, updated 20 October 2026.