Jiya

Jiya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“heart; sweetheart”
Origin
Hindi
Say it
JEE-yah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Used in modern Indian naming, often understood from Hindi jiya/jiyaa meaning heart or beloved. Usage may also overlap with other South Asian naming traditions.

How popular is Jiya?

202433.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Jiya in 2024110

2024 rank#1,829 girls

Peak year2008

Total US babies since 18802,196

Jiya has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jiya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ilaearth · Hindi
  • SiyaSita; furrow · Hindi

Jiya questions

What does the name Jiya mean?

Jiya means "heart; sweetheart". It comes from Hindi. Used in modern Indian naming, often understood from Hindi jiya/jiyaa meaning heart or beloved. Usage may also overlap with other South Asian naming traditions.

Is Jiya a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Jiya?

110 US babies were named Jiya in 2024. Its peak year was 2008.

How do you pronounce Jiya?

Jiya is usually pronounced JEE-yah.

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.