Given name
Sanah
“one who emanates light”·“brilliance; splendor”
Sanah is a variant of Sana. Interpretations include “one who emanates light” and “brilliance; splendor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sanah is a variant of Sana. Interpretations include “one who emanates light” and “brilliance; splendor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sanah is a variant of Sana. Sana has been associated with Persian and Arabic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 400
- 0 boys · 400 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 460 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: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sanah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.