Ileah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Ileah by the numbers
Ileah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Ileah
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 Ileah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ilahthe deity; goddess24 in the US (2017)
- Ileanabright one; a form of Helen87 in the US (2017)
- Islahreconciliation; reform; correction58 in the US (2017)
- Izzahmight; dignity; power44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilhanpious, devout15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilenebright light; a form of Helen20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ileah
Names that are said the same way as Ileah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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