Entry № 5226 · Sanskrit origin

Kanya Kanya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAH-nyah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Virgin / young woman"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "virgin / young woman".

Kanya is from the Sanskrit kanyā (कन्या — virgin, young woman, maiden) — also used in Thai as kanya (young woman). Kanya is one of the Sanskrit + Thai feminine names.

Virgin / young woman (Sanskrit-Thai).

The name in its native script.

कन्या
Transliteration
Kanyā
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑː.njə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanya stands.

Kanya 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.

Kanyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Kanya (Virgo)
Hindu Virgo zodiac sign.

Names connected to Kanya.

The number behind Kanya.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanya reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.