Siti
Meaning
lady (from the Arabic honorific sitt); famously borne by Siti Nurhaliza, a classic first element across Indonesian and Malay naming
Popularity, 1890–2024
Siti does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
The Siti deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Siti truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Siti fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Siti travels
Malay and Malaysian · lady (from the Arabic honorific sitt). A grandmother-to-mother generational staple across the Malay world, shared with Indonesian naming, and carried by Malaysia's pop queen Siti Nurhaliza.
Keep exploring
Malay and Malaysian baby names · Indonesian baby names · Short names
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