Laniah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.
Laniah by the numbers
Laniah was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 72 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Laniah
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 Laniah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Laniah
Names that are said the same way as Laniah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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