Nia

Swahili; Welsh form of the Irish Niamh

"resolve; brilliance"

3% this week

Updated Wed Apr 09 2025

Nia Origin and Meaning

The name Nia is a girl's name of Swahili origin meaning "resolve; brilliance".

Short but energetic and substantial, Nia has special meaning for African-American parents, as it's one of the days of Kwanza. Nia also benefits by its similarity to (yet differentness from) the megapopular Mia.

Current bearers include actresses Long and Vardalos (born Antonia), and popular television show Dance Moms star Nia Frazier.

# 642 in the US

Nia Rank in US Top 1000

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Nia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Nia

642US2023
753Nameberry2025
568Future2028
323England2023
416Germany2016
82Slovenia2023

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Famous People Named Nia

Nia Temple Sanchez
Miss USA 2014
Nitara Carlynn "Nia" Long
American actress
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Welsh actress
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American actress, singer, and dancer
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American reality TV personality ("The Real World: Portland" and "The Challenge")
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American singer and actress
Antonia "Nia" Vardalos
Canadian actress and filmmaker
Nia Lovelis
drummer in American rock band Hey Violet
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Malika Henderson, American TV journalist
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American reality TV personality; daughter of singer/producer Teddy Riley
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daughter of actress Irene Molloy
Nia Morris (b. 2014)
daughter of American musician Stevie Wonder

The name Nia in Pop Culture

Nia Teppelin
character in anime series Gurren Lagann
Nia Moseby
Mr. Moseby's niece on TV's "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"
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character in the Hyakka Ryōran light novel series
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character in the Pop'n Music video game series
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main character in the movie "Equals"
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character in the TV show, "Canimals".
Nia Wingfeather/Igiby
character in "The Wingfeather Saga" by Andrew Peterson

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