Kemiyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 22 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kemiyah by the numbers

Kemiyah was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 38 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kemiyah

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

  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
  • Keziyahgod is my strength; a form of Hezekiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Keniyah24 in the US (2017)
  • Kimiyah12 in the US (2017)
  • Keliyah10 in the US (2017)
  • Kemyah6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kemiyah

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

Names about as common as Kemiyah

AmazingAuriannaAixaAmayraAnijahAnilahZuzannaAyaana

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