Entry № 2125 · Finnish, Swedish origin

Sanna Sanna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Finnish, Swedish
Meaning
"Lily (Sanna Marin, youngest sitting PM in the world)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Finnish)

A name that means "lily (sanna marin, youngest sitting pm in the world)".

Sanna is the Finnish-Swedish diminutive of Susanna — from the Hebrew *Shoshannah* (lily). **Sanna Marin (born 1985)** — became **Prime Minister of Finland in December 2019 at age 34, the youngest sitting state leader in the world at that time**. **Led a five-party coalition government — all five party leaders were women, four of them under 35** — through the COVID-19 pandemic and Finland's historic 2023 NATO accession. **Selected as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2023)**. Continued the Nordic tradition (Vigdís, Halonen, Marin) of female-led democratic leadership.

Subject of countless international profiles of new-generation political leadership.

Lily. Became Finland's PM at thirty-four — youngest sitting state leader in the world.

The name in its native script.

Sanna
Transliteration
Sanna
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sanna stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Sanna · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Sannas before her.

Real people
Sanna Marin
39th Prime Minister of Finland.
born 1985
In fiction
Sanna
Common Finnish given name.

Names connected to Sanna.

The number behind Sanna.

7

The Seeker

Sanna reduces to seven — the number of Finland's young PM.

Why families chose this name.

"Youngest PM in the world. Five letters. Sanna."
Aino · Mother of one · Helsinki