Saniyah is a modern American spelling of the Arabic name Saniya, which means "brilliant" or "radiant" and describes something splendid and exalted. The -iyah ending links it to Aniyah, Janiyah and Zaniyah, a group of names that rose together in the 2000s. Saniyah had only a handful of births in 2000, entered the top 1000 in 2004, peaked at number 507 in 2009 and ranks number 1284 in 2025.