Saniya is an Arabic name, from saniyya, and means "radiant", "brilliant" or "exalted"; it is used across the Arab world and in South Asia, where the tennis star Sania Mirza made the shorter spelling famous. American parents also like it as a cousin of Aniya and Saniyah. Saniya entered the top 1000 in 2003, peaked at number 494 in 2007 and has drifted down since, to number 1352 in 2015 and number 2453 in 2025 with 73 girls.