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The first name 
Zaniyah

Zaniyah is a first name for girls.

Zaniyah is a common name for girls!

The name Zaniyah 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, Zaniyah ranks 728. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 2 were named Zaniyah. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Zaniyah.

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

What does the name 
Zaniyah mean?

The name Zaniyah is a rare, modern spelling variant of Zaniah, an English first name probably inspired by the Arabic word ‘zawiyah’ meaning ‘corner’.

Zaniah was... the medieval name for Eta Virginis, a star in the constellation Virgo.

Zaniyah -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Zaniyah, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 36 states are home to women and girls named Zaniyah. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Zaniyah living in one state or another. If your name is Zaniyah and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Florida, which has the most people named Zaniyah relative to the population, you still have to ask 10,425 women and girls their names before you hear Zaniyah as an answer just once.

Zaniyah has 7 letters 
and begins with a Z

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.9% of all common girls' names in the US begin with Z. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With seven letters, the name Zaniyah has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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 with 1.9% of all girls' names beginning with a Z, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with Z that are quite popular, the most common at present is Zoe.

Other names with 
Z, a, n, i, y, a and h

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

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Zaniyah

If your name is Zaniyah 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 Zaniyah

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

Zebra

Apple

Nut

Igloo

Yoyo

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Zaniyah 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 Zaniyah in Braille?

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

Zaniyah

Zaniyah

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

Just use American Sign Language!

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

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

Z
A
N
I
Y
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Zaniyah

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.

Z
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. Zaniyah sounds like this: