Meia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.
Meia by the numbers
Meia was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Meia
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 Meia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meliaa form of Amelia; hardworking106 in the US (2017)
- Meiralight or shining one62 in the US (2017)
- Meibeautiful; plum blossom13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Meia
Names that are said the same way as Meia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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