Makiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 45 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
45
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makiya by the numbers

Makiya was given to 45 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 206 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Makiya

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

  • Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • 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)
  • Maliya140 in the US (2017)
  • Makaya21 in the US (2017)
  • Makaiya20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makiya

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

Names about as common as Makiya

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