Inarah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in England and Wales.
Inarah by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Inarah. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
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 Inarah
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 Inarah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Inayahcare; concern; attentiveness161 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inarashining; radiant95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Imarah5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inayacare, concern, attentiveness295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Inayatgift or favour from god41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Indraking of the gods, wielder of thunder27 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Inarah
Names that are said the same way as Inarah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Inaarashining; brilliant; luminous22 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Inarah
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