Morayo

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 22 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
22
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1407
22 babies

Morayo by the numbers

In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Morayo. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

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 Morayo

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

  • Morgynmorning or sea-born; modern spelling of Morgan12 in the US (2017)
  • Moragsun; great or illustrious3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miraya16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maraya19 in the US (2017)
  • Miray17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Monaco6 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Morayo

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