Eriyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eriyah by the numbers

Eriyah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Eriyah

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

  • Eliyahmy god is yahweh; variant of Elijah19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Emiyah28 in the US (2017)
  • Eniyah25 in the US (2017)
  • Eriyan7 in the US (2017)
  • Erikaeternal ruler; feminine form of Erik365 in the US (2017)
  • Ericaeternal ruler; a form of Eric67 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Eriyah

Names that are said the same way as Eriyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Euriahgod is my light; a form of Uriah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Eriyah

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