Siya

Where Siya comes from

The dictionaries list Siya as a given name — a female or male given name used in South Africa, India, and the United States — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1991
    Siya Kolisi born
    South African rugby union footballer
  2. 2000
    First appearance
    #9,163 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2025
    Peak, #878
    304 babies named Siya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female or male given name used in South Africa, India, and the United States
Namesakes
  • Siya Kolisi · South African rugby union footballer, born 1991

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.