Maariyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning of the sea; a form of Mariah.
Maariyah by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Maariyah. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Mariah
Like Maariyah, each of these traces back to Mariah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maariyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariyahof the sea or star of the sea; a form of maria246 in the US (2017)
- Maariyavariant of maria or mary; the star4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maaliyah12 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Makiyahwho is like god; a respelling of Micaiah117 in the US (2017)
- Mariyaof the sea or beloved; a form of Maria24 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maariyah
Names that are said the same way as Maariyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Maariyah, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Halliefrom the hall; sea-woman1,246 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Maariyah
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