Sanya

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Russian.
• A female given name from Arabic.
• A prefecture-level city in Hainan, China.

Origin

• Transliteration of Russian Са́ня, diminutive of Алекса́ндра and Алекса́ндр. In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.
• Variant of Saniyah, Saniyya, from Arabic سنيّة ("radiant")
• Borrowed from Mandarin .