- Meaning
- Brightness, radiance
- Arabic
- سناء
- Say it
- sa-NAA'
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah An-Nur (24:43)
About the meaning
Sana (ثناء) with a different first letter means praise.
Other spellings
Sanaa, Sena
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Questions about Sana
What does Sana mean?
Sana means: Brightness, radiance. Sana (ثناء) with a different first letter means praise.
Is Sana in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah An-Nur (24:43).
Is Sana a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sana is a girl’s name.
How do you write Sana in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Sana is written سناء.