Name meaning & stats
Diya
Diya means “light” (Sanskrit origin). 5,091 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“light”
SanskritWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
5,091 US babies were named Diya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Diya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 64% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)