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Diya

Diya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lamp; light”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
DEE-ya · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Sanskrit dīpa/diya referring to a lamp or light, especially the small oil lamps used in South Asian traditions. Also used in several modern Indian languages.

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How popular is Diya?

202436.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Diya in 2024121

2024 rank#1,685 girls

Peak year2009

Total US babies since 18804,971

Diya is fading: recent use is about 59% of its level ten years before.

Names like Diya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
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  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Diya questions

What does the name Diya mean?

Diya means "lamp; light". It comes from Sanskrit. From Sanskrit dīpa/diya referring to a lamp or light, especially the small oil lamps used in South Asian traditions. Also used in several modern Indian languages.

Is Diya a boy or girl name?

Diya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Diya?

121 US babies were named Diya in 2024. Its peak year was 2009.

How do you pronounce Diya?

Diya is usually pronounced DEE-ya.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.