Given name
Indya
“from the river; woman from India”
Indya is a variant of India. One English interpretation is “from the river; woman from India.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Indya is a variant of India. One English interpretation is “from the river; woman from India.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Indya is a variant of India. An origin associated with India is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Indya is a variant of India. The history of India gives this family its wider story. A character in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind bears India as a first name, which may have encouraged its wider use. India Hicks’s family chose her name to reflect their association with India.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Indya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,731
- 0 boys · 1,731 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,646 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,646 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 125 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,223 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Indya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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