Keliah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Keliah by the numbers
Keliah was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Keliah
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 Keliah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- KeziahGod's cinnamon, God's fragrance60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kyliahnarrow strait; a form of Kylie or Kyle14 in the US (2017)
- Kelaiahgod has lightened or diminished3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kelilahcrown; a form of Kelila3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaliah100 in the US (2017)
- Kelia20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keliah
Names that are said the same way as Keliah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Keliah
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