Baby name
RISING
🇺🇸 🇮🇳 Ananya
/ah · NAN · yah/
Meaning
“Unique, incomparable”
Sanskrit name meaning unique or without equal, from the negative prefix an- and anya meaning other; the name is literally a claim of singularity.
Nicknames
nan
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Strongly on the rise in India; feels modern and aspirational right now.
The cultural moment.
Rapidly rising in India since 2010, now consistently in top 20 girl names in multiple states.