Joliyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Joliyah by the numbers

Joliyah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Joliyah

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

  • Juliyahyouthful; a form of Julia5 in the US (2017)
  • Jaliyah479 in the US (2017)
  • Joniyah6 in the US (2017)
  • Jeliyah5 in the US (2017)
  • Jalilahexalted or illustrious16 in the US (2017)
  • Juliahyouthful; a form of Julia or Julian10 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Joliyah

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