Given name

Sanyi

Sanyi is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Hungarian usage, Sanyi is a diminutive of Sándor.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sanyi through the years

Babies since 1880
57
0 boys · 57 girls
Most popular year
2009
11 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sanyi in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2009.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sanyi’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Sanyi is a diminutive of Sándor.

Walk Sanyi’s family in the name graph

SanyiSándor

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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