You know, all the comments to the effect that Sanaa isn't the capital of Yemen make me more and more certain that my father was a Fillage boy. I'm serious according to him, if he'd had the chance my name would've been 'Sanaa, after the capital'. Knowing this makes me much happier to pick on my father than ever before. Thanks.
Not quite. This name is سناء, approximately pronounced in English as sa-naa. The capital of Yemen is صنعاء, approximately pronounced as san-aa.To add to the discussion, the very word is not common in everyday life, neither as a given name or in general. The first phrase containing it that will probably come to one's mind is from Quran.أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُوَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالْأَبْصَارِDo you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight. [An'nuur 43]
I'm a Muslim, and no, "Sanaa" has nothing to do with the first sign - verse - read in every prayer. The whole Surah - chapter - necessarily read in every prayer is called "Al-Fatiha" meaning "The opener" or "The starter", the first sign of it is praising Allah and thanking him. While the surah has many names, none of them is this. That's regarding the user submitted name.As for the name submitted by the site - if that's what it's called -, if the pronunciation is like the Arabic "صنعة" then it's most definitely true. "صنعة" means "a making" and is thus used for professions or "arts".
Knowing this makes me much happier to pick on my father than ever before. Thanks.