Entry № 1964 · Sanskrit origin

Chhaya Chhaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHAH-yah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Sanskrit

Meaning

"Shadow / Chhaya wife of Surya"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "shadow / chhaya wife of surya".

Chhaya is from the Sanskrit Chāyā.

Shadow / Chhaya wife of Surya — a Sanskrit name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

छाया

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

Popularity

Where Chhaya stands.

Chhaya 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

Chhayas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Chhaya wife of Surya / Shani Yama Yamuna

Sanskrit shadow shade reflection + Chāyā second wife of Surya + created by Sanjna as shadow-substitute + mother of Shani-Saturn + Yama-Death + Yamuna + Bhavishya Purana + Vishnu Purana

Hindu solar mythology

Names connected to Chhaya.

Numerology

The number behind Chhaya.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Chhaya reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.