Seniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- se-NEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Seniya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Seniya come from?
Arabic: spelling of Seniyah; probably a variant of Saniyah
Meaning borrowed from Seniyah.
Is Seniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Seniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Seniya 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 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Seniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
Names like Seniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya, Aaliyah, Aliya, Safa, Samira, Salma, Sadiya, Samiyah, Safia, Sariyah, Saniyah, Zahara
Names related to Seniya
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, “Seniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seniya, updated 20 October 2026.