Markyiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Markyiah by the numbers
Markyiah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Markyiah
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 Markyiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maryiahof the sea or beloved of the lord; a form of Mary11 in the US (2017)
- Makyiah12 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Mariyahof the sea or star of the sea; a form of maria246 in the US (2017)
- Makiahwho is like God; a variant of Micaiah61 in the US (2017)
- Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Markyiah
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