Laiyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 79 babies a year in the US.
Laiyah by the numbers
Laiyah was given to 79 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 112 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Laiyah
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 Laiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lailahnight342 in the US (2017)
- Liyahweary; a form of Leah87 in the US (2017)
- Layahweary; a variant spelling of Leah72 in the US (2017)
- Lamiyahshining, luminous; a form of Lamiya50 in the US (2017)
- Laiylahnight; a variant spelling of Laila8 in the US (2017)
- Laibahlion; lioness4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Laiyah
Names that are said the same way as Laiyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Laiyah
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