Maniah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maniah by the numbers

Maniah was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Maniah

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 Maniah. 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)
  • Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
  • Maliah284 in the US (2017)
  • Maiah44 in the US (2017)
  • Maniyah16 in the US (2017)
  • Maziah14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maniah

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

  • Mahinamoon22 in the US (2017)
  • Maanyarespected; worthy of honor6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Manaiaspiritual guardian or mythical being11 in the US (2017)
  • Mayanaillusion or magic; of illusion8 in the US (2017)
  • Manya11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maiana9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maniah

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