Makyiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makyiah by the numbers

Makyiah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makyiah

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

  • Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
  • Maryiahof the sea or beloved of the lord; a form of Mary11 in the US (2017)
  • Makyah15 in the US (2017)
  • Makylah15 in the US (2017)
  • Makyia11 in the US (2017)
  • Malyiah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makyiah

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

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