Given name & surname
Chania
“blessed with grace from God”
Chania is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “blessed with grace from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “blessed with grace from God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chania through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 360
- 0 boys · 360 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 403 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chania’s family of names
Chania has a related form in Chaniya. Chania has a related form in Chaniyah. Chania has a related form in Chanea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Chania, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“fugitive”
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>99% girls