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The first name 
Aniyah

Aniyah is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Aniyah – known and loved in the US!

The name Aniyah isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Aniyah ranks 243. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 8 were named Aniyah. In the entire USA, approximately 28,144 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Aniyah. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Aniyah

What does the name 
Aniyah mean?

The name Aniyah is a variant of the Russian name Anya, which is a diminutive of Anna. It is of Hebrew origin and means ‘favour’, ‘grace’, or ‘beautiful’.

Aniyah is used... in the United States since the 1990s.

Aniyah has 6 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.

With six letters, the name Aniyah is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.

Other names with 
A, n, i, y, a and h

If you take all the letters in the name Aniyah – A, n, i, y, a and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Anihya or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Aniyah

If your name is Aniyah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Aniyah

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Aniyah, you can simply say:

Apple

Nut

Igloo

Yoyo

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Aniyah is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Aniyah in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Aniyah

Aniyah

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Aniyah

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Aniyah is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
N
I
Y
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Aniyah

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
N
I
Y
A
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Aniyah sounds like this: