Sanaz

given name · Latin script

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

/sɑnəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sanaz 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

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SanazLatin(measured from records)
СаназCyrillic(measured from records)
სანაზGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sanaz 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 Sanaz 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 130K6Sanaz83
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); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; 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)

Sanaz is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sānāz

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iran, United States, Poland

    Also written Şanaz

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Iran

    Also written Sånāz

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Iran, United States

    Also written שנז

29 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1970198019902000Sanaz Samavati, b. 1971Sanaz Mazinani, b. 1978Sanaz Zaresani, b. 1980Sanaz Marand, b. 1988Sanaz Toossi, b. 1992Sanaz Aazami, b. 2000Sanaz Zand, b. 2000

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)

InformalHi Sanaz,

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 30 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Sanaz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020849#13,943
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—251#4,464
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020213—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2019208—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2018202—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017191—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016186—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015181—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014173—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2012168—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013164—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2011162—

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Sanaz?
A machine transcription gives /sɑnəz/ (IPA) for English.
Is Sanaz a male or female name?
Sanaz 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 Sanaz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.3 thousand people named Sanaz in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sanaz.
How common is the name Sanaz?
In the United States, the national register counted 854 people named Sanaz in 2020, about 1 in 390 thousand residents.
How common is Sanaz compared with other names?
In Sweden, Sanaz is the 705th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.

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The 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, “Sanaz” — the 705th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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