Divya

Where Divya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit दिव्या (divyā́), feminine of दिव्य (divyá, “divine, charming, heavenly”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Divya
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #7,388 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2000
    Peak, #1,617
    109 babies named Divya — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,326.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit.
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.