Areyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Areyah by the numbers

Areyah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Areyah

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 Areyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
  • Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
  • Ariyah740 in the US (2017)
  • Arayah24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Areya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aveyah14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Areyah

Names that are said the same way as Areyah, 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 Areyah

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