Sadiya

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sadia in BD Bangladesh, PK Pakistan, US United States and 16 more, Saadia in FR France, ES Spain, MA Morocco and 1 more, Садия in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and Sa'Diya in UZ Uzbekistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sadiya is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Swahili given name10K records spelled Sadiya3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, India, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Şadiya

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Sadiya5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Nigeria

  Also written Sádiya, Šādiya, Šādīya, Šāḏiya

• Pashto given name869 records spelled Sadiya2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, India, Afghanistan, United States

  Also written Şadiya

• Turkish given name651 records spelled Sadiya7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, India, Nigeria

  Languages: Turkish, Arabic, Azerbaijani

  Also written Şadiya

• French given name575 records spelled Sadiya3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Nigeria, United States, Cameroon

  Also written Sadiyä, Şadiya

• Amharic given name375 records spelled Sadiya3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, United States

  Also written ሳዲያ, ሳድያ

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sadiya is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, happiness, luck, blissful, fortunate; fem. of Sadi

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, happy, lucky, blissful fortunate; fem. of Sadi

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 90 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 255 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sadiya?

We estimate roughly 8.9 thousand people bear Sadiya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Sadiya have the most bearers?

Sadiya is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled sadia.

How common is Sadiya compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Sadiya is the 5th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Sadiya a male or female name?

Sadiya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Sadiya mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Sadi.