50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Hausa Meaning & History From Arabic ثانٍ (thānin) meaning "second", a derivative of اثنان (ithnān) meaning "two" [1]. If two or more siblings share the same given name, this name may be appended to that of the second. Related Names Same SpellingSani 1User SubmissionSani Categories birth order, isograms, numeric meanings Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 129.