Makhia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makhia by the numbers

Makhia was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 78 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Makhia

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 Makhia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

Sounds like Makhia

Names that are said the same way as Makhia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
  • Mahikamisty or dewy8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayukharadiance or splendor of the sun11 in the US (2017)
  • Makayahwho is like god; respelling of micaiah or makiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Makaya21 in the US (2017)
  • Makya20 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makhia

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