Ananya
Ananya is a girl name of Sanskrit origin, meaning Unique; matchless.
What Ananya means
Unique; matchless.
Ananya sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ananya comes from
Sanskrit names draw on a devotional and literary tradition thousands of years old. Many are epithets of deities or qualities from classical texts, which is why their meanings tend to be abstract virtues rather than objects.
Ananya is recorded as Sanskrit in origin. Browse other Sanskrit names.
How popular is Ananya?
Ananya sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Ananya
The thread we file Ananya under is grace and gentleness — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Grace
Names like Ananya
These share Ananya's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Esha — Desire; pure.
- Indira — Beauty; splendour.
- Lavanya — Grace and beauty.
- Pari — Fairy; angel.
- Riya — Singer; graceful.
- Siya — The goddess Sita.
- Tanvi — Slender and delicate.
- Vanya — Gracious gift of God.
- Annika — Grace, favor.
- Anouk — Grace, favor.
- Anya — Grace, favor.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.