Karaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Karaya by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Karaya

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

  • Kamaya64 in the US (2017)
  • Kalaya56 in the US (2017)
  • Kanaya10 in the US (2017)
  • Karinapure; a form of Carina or Karen562 in the US (2017)
  • Karlafree woman; a form of Carla552 in the US (2017)
  • Karmaaction, deed, fate, cosmic principle214 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Karaya

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

  • Kariapure; a form of Karis or Caria10 in the US (2017)
  • Cahirawarrior woman; feminine form of Cahir6 in the US (2017)
  • Kahiracairo; the mighty one5 in the US (2017)
  • Kariah24 in the US (2017)
  • Cariah6 in the US (2017)
  • Karyah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Karaya

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