Eyvah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Eyvah by the numbers

Eyvah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Eyvah

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

  • Evahliving; life-giving; variant of Eva23 in the US (2017)
  • Eyva9 in the US (2017)
  • Eylah5 in the US (2017)
  • Ellahgoddess or oak tree; a variant of Ella36 in the US (2017)
  • Emmahwhole, universal; variant of Emma24 in the US (2017)
  • Emiahgod is with us; a form of Jeremiah3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Eyvah

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

  • Evalife; form of Eve758 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eevalife; a form of Eve21 in the US (2017)
  • Evealife; a form of Eve10 in the US (2017)
  • Evvalife; a variant of Eva or Ava7 in the US (2017)
  • Efa42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Eiva6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Eyvah

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