| Anvi | Jiya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked | heart, sweetheart |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | AN-vee | JEE-yah |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2025 (126) | 2008 (141) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Anvi | Jiya |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 489 | 626 |
| 2010s | 704 | 1,062 |
| 2000s | 226 | 617 |
| 1990s | 0 | 20 |
A modern Indian name, glossed from Sanskrit anu-vi as 'one who follows/seeks', and also claimed as an epithet of Parvati or Lakshmi. Sources disagree and no classical etymology is firmly fixed; meaning unsettled.
Hindi jiya (जिया), 'heart, soul, sweetheart', a colloquial term of endearment; also connected to jina 'to live'.
Anvi and Jiya are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Anvi means one who follows or seeks; goddess-linked (sanskrit origin), while Jiya means heart, sweetheart (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Anvi first appears in 0 and Jiya in 0, so Anvi has the longer recorded history.