Sanya (first name)

Sanya (Russian: Саня, Arabic: سنيّة) is a male and female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a Russian diminutive of Aleksandra and Alexandr. Other variants are Aleks , Aleksandrina , Alex, Alya , Asya , Sasha , Shura .

It is also the alternative transcription of the Arabic name Saniyya .

Well-known namesake

Male

• Sanya Dharmasakti (1905-2002), Thai lawyer

Female

• Sanya Richards-Ross (* 1985), American sprinter of Jamaican origin

See also

• Sanya

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Sanya (2). Retrieved April 30, 2019 . 
2. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Sanya (1). Retrieved April 30, 2019 .