Amerah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Amerah by the numbers
Amerah was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Amerah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amerah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amirahprincess; noblewoman189 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amarahimmortal; eternal; a form of Amara52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameerahprincess, female ruler76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amyrahprincess or noblewoman; a form of Amirah29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amenahsafe, secure, trustworthy12 in the US (2017)
- Amelahpeople of god; a form of Amelia8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amerah
Names that are said the same way as Amerah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amiraprincess; female form of amir396 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameeraprincess; female form of amir81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ammarahpopulous; thriving; flourishing; full of life40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aamiraprincess or noble woman; variant of amira35 in the US (2017)
- Aamirahprincess, leader; feminine form of amir19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Amerah
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