Şanaz

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Şanaz is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IRIran≈1 in 38K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 41K
  • USUnited States1 in 390K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,300 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŞanazLatin(measured from records)
СаназCyrillic(measured from records)
სანაზGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Sanaz in US United States, IR Iran, SE Sweden and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Şanaz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Şanaz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan—≈4,300 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Sanaz4
IR Iran—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 38K—Sanaz52
US United States—8541 in 390K849Sanaz200
ID Indonesia—≈380 est.≈1 in 703K—Sanaz19
CA Canada—≈290 est.≈1 in 130K—Sanaz83
SE Sweden#7052511 in 41K251Sanaz23
AE United Arab Emirates—≈120 est.≈1 in 83K—Sanaz19
DK Denmark—691 in 85K69Sanaz26

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Şanaz is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Kazakh name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sanaz

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Iran

    Also written Sanaz

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iran, United States, Poland

    Also written Sanaz

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Şanaz a male or female name?
Şanaz is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Şanaz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.3 thousand people named Şanaz in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sanaz.
How common is the name Şanaz?
In the United States, the national register counted 854 people named Şanaz in 2020, about 1 in 390 thousand residents.
How common is Şanaz compared with other names?
In Sweden, Şanaz is the 705th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Şanaz” — the 705th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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