Nia is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “bright.” In 2024 it was given to 428 girls in the United States.
Nia belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “bright” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Evgenia.
In the United States, Nia first appears in Social Security records in 1951. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #307 in 2000, and in 2024 428 babies received the name — 25,013 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nia means “bright” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nia is a girl name. In 2024, 428 babies received the name in the US.
Nia comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition. It is also spelled Evgenia.
Nia first appears in US records in 1951. Its best-ever ranking was #307 in 2000, and 428 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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