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Name meaning & stats

Dia

Dia means “light” (Sanskrit origin). 2,367 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.

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What it means

“light”

SanskritSpelling of Diya

In US birth records

Peak year: 2015

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2,367 US babies were named Dia between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Dia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 3 Diyas spell it Dia

  • Diya 64%
  • Dia 30%
  • Dhiya 3%
  • Deya 2%
  • Deia 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2015)