Given name · also Sanskrit
Sandhya
“twilight”
Sandhya is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “twilight.”
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit sandhya, meaning “junction, twilight”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sandhya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 504
- 0 boys · 504 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 24 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,538 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.
Sandhya’s family of names
Sandhya has a related form in Sandya. Sandhya has a related form in Sandhiya. Sandhya has a related form in Sandhyah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sandhya
- Sandhya MridulIndian actressborn 1975
- Sandhya Agarwalcricketerborn 1963
- Sandhya ShantaramIndian film actress (1932-2025)1931–2025
- Sandhya Mazumdarcricketer
- Sandhya RoyIndian actressborn 1941
- Sandhya MukherjeeIndian singer1931–2022
- Sandhya DharIndian disability rights activistborn 1980
- Sandhya MenonAmerican writer from India
- Sandhya MendoncaIndian writer, editor and publisher
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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