Entry № 4575 · Other origin

Iniya Iniya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ee-NEE-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Sweet"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Tamil)

A name that means "sweet".

Iniya is from the Tamil iniya (இனிய — sweet, pleasant). Iniya is one of the Tamil feminine names — central to traditional Tamil cultural heritage. The Tamil iniya + inimai (sweetness) is a concept in classical Tamil literature + the Sangam-era poetry (c.

Sweet.

The name in its native script.

இனிய
Transliteration
Iniya
Pronunciation
/ iːˈniː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Iniya stands.

Iniya 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.

Iniyas before her.

Real people
Iniya
Tamil + Malayalam actress + Kerala State Film Award 2010.
born 1988
In fiction
Iniya
Tamil sweet.

Names connected to Iniya.

The number behind Iniya.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Iniya reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.