Given name

Adanya

“her father's daughter; a father's pride”

Adanya is a variant of Adanna. One African interpretation is “her father's daughter; a father's pride.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Adanya is a variant of Adanna. One African interpretation is “her father's daughter; a father's pride.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Adanya is a variant of Adanna. An origin associated with Adanna is African.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Adanya through the years

Babies since 1880
193
0 boys · 193 girls
Most popular year
2015
16 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−80%
Cooling
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20150.0
Adanya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2015.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Adanya’s family of names

Adanya has a related form in Adanna.

Walk Adanya’s family in the name graph

AdanyaAdannaAdannya

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Adanya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Adaiyah

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Athaleyah

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Aminna

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Alveena

“triend of the elves”

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Adalye

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Amalah

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Sibling ideas

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