Mirayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mirayah by the numbers

Mirayah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mirayah

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

  • Marayahvision of the lord; a form of Mariah11 in the US (2017)
  • Miraya16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milayah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miayah5 in the US (2017)
  • Mikayah5 in the US (2017)
  • Morayah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mirayah

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

  • Mireyamiracle or admirable; feminine form207 in the US (2017)
  • Mihirathe sun, radiant28 in the US (2017)
  • Mireiaadmired, wonderful; form of Mireya5 in the US (2017)
  • Myriah25 in the US (2017)
  • Miriah7 in the US (2017)
  • Myaira5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mirayah

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