Khaniyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Khaniyah by the numbers
Khaniyah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Khaniyah
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 Khaniyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Khaliyahbeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil67 in the US (2017)
- Kaniyah76 in the US (2017)
- Khamiyah16 in the US (2017)
- Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
- Khadijahpremature child, the early one219 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalilahfriend, companion; feminine form of khalil17 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Khaniyah
Names that are said the same way as Khaniyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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