Malaiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Malaiah by the numbers
Malaiah was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Malaiah
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 Malaiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Malaiah
Names that are said the same way as Malaiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Malaiah
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