Briyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Briyah by the numbers

Briyah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Briyah

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

  • Briyanoble; a form of Brianna7 in the US (2017)
  • Briah19 in the US (2017)
  • Brayah15 in the US (2017)
  • Bryah7 in the US (2017)
  • Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)
  • Brisabreeze157 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Briyah

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