Miriah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Miriah by the numbers
Miriah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 201 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Miriah
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 Miriah. 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)
- Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
- Moriahgod is my teacher or chosen by god238 in the US (2017)
- Mirianof the sea; form of Miriam23 in the US (2017)
- Mirahmy lord; variant of Miriam6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikiahwho is like god; modern respelling of michael7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Miriah
Names that are said the same way as Miriah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Miriah
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