| Jiya | Tanvi | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | heart, sweetheart | Slender, delicate |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | JEE-yah | TUN-vee |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2008 (141) | 2009 (140) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Jiya | Tanvi |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 626 | 263 |
| 2010s | 1,062 | 982 |
| 2000s | 617 | 862 |
| 1990s | 20 | 150 |
| 1980s | 0 | 41 |
Hindi jiya (जिया), 'heart, soul, sweetheart', a colloquial term of endearment; also connected to jina 'to live'.
From the Sanskrit तन्वी (tanvī), 'slender-bodied, delicate', from tanu ('body, slender'). Recorded as an epithet of the goddess Durga.
Jiya and Tanvi are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Jiya means heart, sweetheart (sanskrit origin), while Tanvi means Slender, delicate (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Jiya first appears in 0 and Tanvi in 0, so Jiya has the longer recorded history.