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Shakya
How to Pronounce Shakya
Pronounced SHAH-kee-uh /ΛΚΙΛ.ki.Ι/Medium
Meaning: As an American given name, Shakya is a respelling of Shakia, a modern coinage. The identical spelling also names the Shakya, the ancient clan of northern India into which Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shakya as an American girl's name is best read as a respelling of Shakia, a modern coinage in the Takia and Nakia family. The same letters, quite separately, name the Shakya, the historical clan of northern India from which Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, came; we note that honestly without conflating the two. The American name reached its small high in the early 2000s.
It stayed rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, so a Shakya from then would be in her twenties. As a US name it reads as a modern coinage, at home beside Takia and Nakia.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shakya mean?
As an American name it is a respelling of Shakia; the same spelling separately names the Shakya, the ancient clan of the Buddha.
How do you pronounce Shakya?
It's said SHAH-kee-uh (/ΛΚΙΛ.ki.Ι/).
Is Shakya a boy or girl name?
Shakya is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakya?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early two-thousands.