Entry № 9153 · Sanskrit origin

Samya Samya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAHM-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Equanimity / balance"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "equanimity / balance".

Samya is from the Sanskrit Sāmyā.

Equanimity / balance — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

साम्या
Transliteration
Sāmyā
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑːm.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Samya stands.

Samya 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.

Samyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Samya equanimity / Bhagavad Gita 2:48 samatvam yoga uchyate / 6:32 atmaupamyena / 13:28 samam sarveshu / Yoga Sutras 1.33 maitri karuna mudita upeksha
Sanskrit equality equanimity balance + sama equal + Sāmya equanimity Bhagavad Gita 2:48 samatvaṃ yoga ucyate + 6:32 ātmaupamyena sarvatra samaṃ paśyati yo rjuna + 13:28 samaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu tiṣṭhantaṃ parameśvaram + Yoga Sutras 1.33 maitrī karuṇā muditā upekṣāṇāṃ + Sāmya Advaita Adi Shankaracharyas
Yoga Samya

Names connected to Samya.

The number behind Samya.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Samya reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.