Jaliah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 47 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaliah by the numbers

Jaliah was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 77 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jaliah

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

  • Janiahgarden, paradise; a form of Jannah109 in the US (2017)
  • Jalilahexalted or illustrious16 in the US (2017)
  • Juliahyouthful; a form of Julia or Julian10 in the US (2017)
  • Jadiahgod is my judge; a form of Judah5 in the US (2017)
  • Jaliyah479 in the US (2017)
  • Jaleah157 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaliah

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

Names about as common as Jaliah

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