Entry № 9309 · Japanese origin

Sayaka Sayaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-YAH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Clear, refreshing, bright"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "clear, refreshing, bright".

Sayaka (沙也加) is a modern Japanese name meaning "clear and refreshing" or "bright flower." Multiple kanji combinations.

Sayaka Kanda (1986-2021) was the Japanese actress and singer.

Clear and refreshing. The Japanese.

The name in its native script.

沙也加
Transliteration
Sayaka
Pronunciation
/ səˈjɑː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sayaka stands.

Sayaka 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.

Sayakas before her.

Real people
Sayaka Kanda
Japanese actress and singer.
1986 – 2021
In fiction
Sayaka Miki
Character in Madoka Magica.
2011 anime

Names connected to Sayaka.

The number behind Sayaka.

4

The Builder

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