Nia
[niːə]Meaning
Welsh form of Niamh; also Swahili for "purpose, aim"; also a short form of Antonia and Sidonia.
Background Story
Nia is the Welsh form of Niamh, used by the Welsh poet T. Gwynn Jones in his long poem Tir na n-Óg (1916) for the lover of Oisín. It is also a Swahili name meaning "purpose, aim", borrowed from Arabic نيّة (nīya). Elsewhere it is a short form of Antonia, Sidonia and other names ending in -nia, used in Ancient Roman, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian and Italian.
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