Sani
[ˈsɑːni]Meaning
Arabic, either "brilliant, splendid" or "second"
Background Story
Sani has two distinct Arabic origins. One is sanā, "to gleam, to shine", giving the sense "brilliant, splendid"; the other is thānin, "second", from ithnān, "two", which may be appended to the name of a second child when siblings share the same given name. The feminine forms Saniyya and Sanya come from the first root, and Italian and Hausa are also recorded as languages the name comes from.
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