What Zyanya means
Zyanya is a girl name of Zapotec origin meaning "forever". It comes from claimed from a Zapotec word for 'always, forever'; not attested in Zapotec dictionaries. It is pronounced see-AH-nyah.
Etymology uncertain: popularized by Gary Jennings's 1980 novel Aztec, where it is glossed 'always'; no Zapotec source confirms it. Used in Mexico since the 1990s.
About this meaning. The etymology is uncertain or disputed. The reading above is the best-supported one; popular baby-name sites often give a more romantic gloss that the dictionaries do not confirm.
Spellings and variants: Zianya, Zyania.
Popularity: known but uncommon in Mexico.
Related meanings: love, hope, life.
Zyanya is one of the indigenous names that Mexican parents have brought back over the last thirty years. Read about Zapotec names and how they are built.
