Mahiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Mahiya by the numbers
Mahiya was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mahiya
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 Mahiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahiraskilled; proficient; expert69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariyaof the sea or beloved; a form of Maria24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahinamoon22 in the US (2017)
- Mahikamisty or dewy8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahdiyaguided to the right path; feminine of Mahdi5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mahiya
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