Sanaa
Sanaa is a girl name of Swahili origin, meaning Work of art.
What Sanaa means
Work of art.
Sanaa sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Sanaa comes from
Swahili names reflect East African, Arabic, and Bantu influences, and many mark the circumstances of a birth — the day, the season, or the family's situation at the time.
Sanaa is recorded as Swahili in origin. Browse other Swahili names.
How popular is Sanaa?
You will not find Sanaa in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Sanaa
We group Sanaa under grace and gentleness. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Grace
Names like Sanaa
These share Sanaa's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Zuri — Beautiful.
- Annika — Grace, favor.
- Anouk — Grace, favor.
- Anya — Grace, favor.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.
- Mila — Gracious, dear.
- Saami — Beauty.
- Sadhbh — Sweetness and goodness.
- Sagami — Beauty.
- Samira — Companion in evening talk.