Arayah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 24 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arayah by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Arayah. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 105 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Arayah
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 Arayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anayahgod has answered; a form of Hannah156 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
- Aayahsign or verse of the Quran40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arafahmount arafat; sacred pilgrimage site6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Araiahlion of god; a form of ariel6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arayah
Names that are said the same way as Arayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Auriagolden; a form of Aurora49 in the US (2017)
- Aairahair or lion; variant of aira33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aariahlion of god; variant of ariel29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arayah
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