Saja
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/səʒə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Saja is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Jordan than in any other country.
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 14K
- EGEgypt≈1 in 51K
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.
- Jordan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 136 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Plg. Sūjus (žr.), toliau plg. brus. Cai : Hcaua (M. S Bbaprina, 1966, c. 91), lenk. Šaj : Isaj (SSNO V 4), bulg.“ Cažo : Hcai (C. HnueB, 1969, c. 436).
Sources 2
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Saja 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JO Jordan | #569 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Saja | 57 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Saja | 75 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Saja | 30 |
| SY Syria | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Saja | 14 |
| US United States | — | 1,048 | 1 in 317K | 1K | Saja | 136 |
| LY Libya | #442 | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Saja | 12 |
| KW Kuwait | #860 | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | — | Saja | 25 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Saja is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In tuw-pro, interval (between fingers)
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Serbo-Croatian, a kind of fine red broadcloth or serge; saye
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, also, besides; as well; further; too
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malay, alternative form of sahaja
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, genitive singular of sada
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sux, romanization of 𒋃 (sag̃a)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pietro Sajab. 1779ITItalian painter (1779-1833)
- Francesco Sajab. 1915ITItalian jurist (1915–1994)
- Kazimieras Sajab. 1932LTLithuanian politician
- Antonina Sajab. 1964ITItalian librarian and musicologist (born 1964)
- Sebastián Sajab. 1979ARArgentine footballer
- Antonina Domenica SajaITAuthor of Bollettino AIB
- Diana Saja-GarbarzPLPolish researcher plant physiologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 66 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1K | #12,025 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 36 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 31 | #12,025 |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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
- In which country does Saja have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.6 thousand people named Saja in Jordan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saja.
- How do you pronounce Saja?
- A machine transcription gives /səʒə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Saja a male or female name?
- Saja 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.
- How common is the name Saja?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,048 people named Saja in 2020, about 1 in 317 thousand residents.
- How common is Saja compared with other names?
- In Jordan, Saja is the 569th most common given name of 8,439 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sajaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Saja” — the 569th most common given name in Jordan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.