Given name
Hanya
“as solid as a stone”
Hanya is used as a given name. One interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “as solid as a stone.”
Where it comes from
Hanya is a variant of Hania. An origin associated with Hania is Native American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hanya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 111
- 0 boys · 111 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,741 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,741 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hanya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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