Maiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 44 babies a year in the US.
Maiah by the numbers
Maiah was given to 44 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 63 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Maiah
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 Maiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miahwho is like God; a modern respelling of Micah342 in the US (2017)
- Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
- Marahbitter; a biblical place name4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliah284 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maiah
Names that are said the same way as Maiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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