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The baby name Sa is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced sa (IPA: /sa/ or /sɑ/, pronounced 'sah').

Sa is Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Vietnamese in Origin.

Gender: Unisex
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Vietnamese
Pronunciation: sa (IPA: /sa/ or /sɑ/, pronounced 'sah')

What is the meaning of the name Sa ?

The baby name Sa is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced sa (IPA: /sa/ or /sɑ/, pronounced 'sah').

Sa is Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Vietnamese in Origin.

Sa is a compact, cross-cultural unisex name with several roots. In South Asia, Sa names the tonic of the classical scale - short for Sanskrit shadja, “born of six” - so it signals beginnings and steadiness; musicians sometimes adopt Sa as a given or stage name. In East Asia, it appears with characters such as Japanese 紗 (gauze, fine silk), 沙 (sand), or 佐 (to assist), and in Korean as hanja 史 (history), 司 (to administer), or 沙 (sand).

As a given name, Sa is rare but attested; it also serves as a clipped nickname for Sa‑ names. Vietnamese Sa draws on the same Sino‑Vietnamese graphs with senses of gauze or sand. Related forms include Japanese compounds like Saori and Sayaka, Korean Sa‑rang, and Vietnamese blends such as Ngọc Sa. In Chinese pinyin, tone marks yield Sà or Sā, so meanings vary by script and language.

Sa has the following similar or variant Names

Sa – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KH 0 #2 2 102
KH Girls 0 #6 1 148
KH Boys 0 #6 4 270
MV 0 #18 2 644
MV Girls 0 #22 14 2,021
BN 0 #32 1 2,297
NA 0 #33 1 2,537
DJ Boys 0 #36 1 657
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
AF Girls 0 #43 55 2,402
GE 0 #43 2 997
MO 0 #50 3 2,706
AF 0 #52 25 1,883
LU 0 #64 3 2,830
BD 0 #65 213 5,992
MV Boys 0 #65 13 3,375
IN 0 #69 3 2,963
AZ Girls 0 #74 2 1,051
TN 0 #74 7,959 13,765
AL 0 #75 2 2,372
AO 0 #75 3 2,729
JP 0 #75 3 4,057
SI 0 #77 4 1,612
BG 0 #81 2 1,799
QA 0 #87 14 7,011
DZ 0 #89 9,750 20,130
IQ 0 #89 41 3,533
TW 0 #90 11 4,523
BN Girls 0 #92 15 5,459
JM 0 #93 1 3,714
KZ 0 #94 1 1,452
BD Boys 0 #95 1,615 10,045
SD 0 #95 8 2,130
GE Boys 0 #100 10 2,055
GE Girls 0 #103 6 1,564
EG Girls 0 #106 8,654 14,742
PH 0 #106 5 5,607
SA Girls 0 #107 2,168 25,931
IQ Girls 0 #109 785 11,303
OM 0 #113 9 6,215
KW 0 #117 5 5,216
BN Boys 0 #122 12 6,332
AZ Boys 0 #129 3 1,400
CY Boys 0 #131 1 3,473
ID Boys 0 #132 4 4,130
MU 0 #132 6 3,613
RS Girls 0 #136 2 1,651
JO 0 #138 3 2,158
PA 0 #138 1 3,797
EE Girls 0 #142 1 1,888
LT Boys 0 #144 8 2,166
BD Girls 0 #145 333 8,413
BW Girls 0 #150 2 4,216
BW Boys 0 #150 5 4,685
IR Girls 0 #150 720 8,334
MT Girls 0 #153 1 3,773
RS Boys 0 #153 2 2,277
IR 0 #157 79 4,221
EG Boys 0 #160 3,945 15,035
OM Girls 0 #160 257 15,987
CR 0 #164 2 5,526
AE 0 #165 13 10,220
EG 0 #166 395 6,387
PR Girls 0 #167 1 3,171
LU Girls 0 #169 17 4,850
SI Girls 0 #172 6 2,769
HU Boys 0 #173 2 3,954
HR 0 #177 5 2,081
MT Boys 0 #177 3 4,064
CZ 0 #180 7 3,154
MO Girls 0 #180 72 7,056
UY 0 #181 2 2,477
AF Boys 0 #185 88 3,535
AR 0 #187 7 2,915
Austria 0 #188 26 850
MA 0 #189 6,954 20,986
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
LT Girls 0 #195 6 1,904
QA Girls 0 #195 123 15,378
AL Girls 0 #199 24 4,141
SA 0 #202 94 10,560
SI Boys 0 #205 7 3,402
DK 0 #206 1 5,198
LY 0 #207 455 12,703
LU Boys 0 #209 10 4,970
PL 0 #211 2 2,600
MO Boys 0 #212 12 5,842
AO Girls 0 #213 5 4,575
YE 0 #214 196 8,639
PS 0 #218 9 5,692
SD Girls 0 #218 130 7,678
BG Boys 0 #220 1 3,850
HU Girls 0 #225 1 3,308
TW Boys 0 #229 13 7,111
AO Boys 0 #231 12 5,568
BG Girls 0 #231 1 3,559
IR Boys 0 #233 537 10,162
JP Girls 0 #233 13 6,592
NA Girls 0 #236 2 7,146
MU Girls 0 #239 113 8,539
TW Girls 0 #240 37 8,139
EC Boys 0 #245 2 3,322
GH 0 #245 4 5,396
KW Girls 0 #245 294 19,177
GR Girls 0 #248 2 6,293
JM Girls 0 #250 10 7,507
PT 0 #250 1 4,161
NA Boys 0 #251 3 6,830
HR Boys 0 #253 7 3,997
Germany 0 #258 198 2,542
SG 0 #259 11 11,010
JO Girls 0 #264 62 7,570
NG 0 #264 9 5,926
GR Boys 0 #273 1 6,912
HR Girls 0 #278 12 3,687
IL 0 #278 5 6,291
KZ Boys 0 #280 10 6,578
JP Boys 0 #281 17 7,909
AL Boys 0 #283 16 5,122
MU Boys 0 #284 74 8,477
IQ Boys 0 #291 538 13,071
Germany Girls 0 #293 981 4,949
JM Boys 0 #293 1 6,876
AE Girls 0 #294 269 20,968
CZ Boys 0 #300 6 6,530
CN Girls 0 #303 47 8,829
CN Boys 0 #303 17 9,639
DK Girls 0 #305 12 7,429
KZ Girls 0 #305 16 5,862
MY 0 #308 23 12,352
Austria Girls 0 #309 114 1,885
HK 0 #312 37 8,483
GH Girls 0 #314 11 6,973
OM Boys 0 #315 850 17,948
HK Girls 0 #316 366 16,104
DK Boys 0 #325 8 7,401
CZ Girls 0 #326 16 5,378
PE 0 #328 2 6,350
SA Boys 0 #329 4,101 28,008
JO Boys 0 #330 48 7,057
GH Boys 0 #333 13 8,138
PL Girls 0 #333 22 5,096
PL Boys 0 #335 6 6,459
GT 0 #338 1 5,948
PT Boys 0 #340 28 7,951
BH 0 #341 215 17,937
SD Boys 0 #341 105 10,523
BR 0 #360 1 5,969
PH Girls 0 #362 29 13,098
NL 0 #363 29 2,481
PH Boys 0 #367 17 11,440
Finland Girls 0 #372 20 1,368
KW Boys 0 #379 450 18,755
MX 0 #401 13 8,339
BO 0 #404 5 6,868
Finland Boys 0 #405 23 2,041
Austria Boys 0 #406 37 2,180
QA Boys 0 #410 316 18,093
UY Boys 0 #413 1 5,922
Spain 0 #431 22 2,326
CL 0 #434 1 6,867
RU Boys 0 #436 70 12,621
PT Girls 0 #438 14 7,952
RU Girls 0 #452 47 11,913
PS Girls 0 #453 71 10,981
HK Boys 0 #456 72 12,905
AR Boys 0 #457 11 7,628
SG Boys 0 #459 246 17,960
ZA 0 #466 9 14,421
CO 0 #469 12 7,768
SG Girls 0 #474 113 18,916
MY Boys 0 #476 845 25,439
LB 0 #484 177 13,263
PS Boys 0 #492 57 10,655
SY 0 #493 257 11,684
GT Boys 0 #496 4 7,625
PA Boys 0 #502 4 9,305
CR Boys 0 #506 5 10,188
PA Girls 0 #515 4 9,861
UY Girls 0 #528 9 6,731
CM Girls 0 #530 11 11,671
CM Boys 0 #533 18 12,054
MY Girls 0 #533 530 24,821
IL Boys 0 #537 71 10,983
GT Girls 0 #539 3 7,500
IN Girls 0 #544 88 13,121
IT 0 #549 168 4,183
IL Girls 0 #561 57 11,648
CR Girls 0 #566 8 11,342
Germany Boys 0 #573 439 5,697
AR Girls 0 #574 26 8,289
BO Boys 0 #580 13 9,244
BO Girls 0 #596 16 9,488
AE Boys 0 #621 541 22,615
IN Boys 0 #630 400 16,750
CL Boys 0 #635 31 13,390
BR Boys 0 #727 25 12,213
NG Girls 0 #756 31 15,093
IT Girls 0 #766 887 9,415
NL Girls 0 #772 184 5,933
NG Boys 0 #800 152 16,906
Spain Boys 0 #815 116 5,610
CL Girls 0 #816 36 14,098
PE Boys 0 #818 61 14,506
NL Boys 0 #829 123 5,873
CO Boys 0 #834 87 15,656
TR 0 #837 418 19,440
Spain Girls 0 #854 130 5,561
IT Boys 0 #861 660 10,046
United States Boys 2017 #879 7 7,410
BR Girls 0 #882 60 12,708
PE Girls 0 #903 41 14,861
MX Boys 0 #905 78 16,355
United States Girls 2018 #920 6 9,057
CO Girls 0 #991 88 16,140
ZA Boys 0 #1,061 118 25,619
ZA Girls 0 #1,114 28 25,928
MX Girls 0 #1,120 64 17,781

Sa is popular in 87 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
AE
AF
AL
AO

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People also ask about Sa

Sa is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Sa is a one syllable name, pronounced sa (IPA: /sa/ or /sɑ/, pronounced 'sah').
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Sā, Sah and Saa.
Across languages, Sa has these equivalents: Short form of Sarah (English), Chinese surname/character 萨/薩 (Sà/Sā), Korean surname 사 (Sa).
Somewhat — Sa ranked #879 in United States in 2017, placing it just outside the most common names.