Diya

Where Diya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिया (diyā, “earthen lamp”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Diya
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1971
    Diya Kumari born
    Indian politician
  2. 1991
    First appearance
    #13,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2004
    Diya Siddique born
    Bangladeshi archer (* 2004)
  4. 2004
    Peak, #873
    281 babies named Diya — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2022
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,573.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
  • Diya Siddique · Bangladeshi archer (* 2004), born 2004
  • Diya Kumari · Indian politician, born 1971
  • Diya Beeltah · Miss Mauritius 2012, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.