Entry № 1855 · Sanskrit origin

Chaaya Chaaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAH-yah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Shadow (Surya wife)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "shadow (surya wife)".

Chaaya is from the Sanskrit Chāyā.

Shadow (Surya wife) — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

छाया

Transliteration: Chāyā
Pronunciation: / ˈtʃɑː.jə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Chaaya stands.

Chaaya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Chaayas before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Chhaya wife of Surya / Shani

Sanskrit shadow + Chhaya consort of Surya the Sun god + mother of Shani Saturn + Markandeya Purana + Hindu astrological heritage

Hindu mythology

Names connected to Chaaya.

Numerology

The number behind Chaaya.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chaaya reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.