Sanja
- Meaning:
- Dream (from South Slavic "san"); also a form of Aleksandra
- Origin:
- Slavic
About the name Sanja
Derived from the South Slavic word 'san' ('dream'); also used as a form of Aleksandra. It was a fashionable name in the mid-to-late 20th century.
Popularity with newborns
Sanja has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
17,268 people in Croatia are called Sanja, according to the 2021 census. That is #34 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Sanja is recorded in every Croatian county.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.