Myriah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Myriah by the numbers
Myriah was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 132 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Myriah
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 Myriah. 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)
- Moriahgod is my teacher or chosen by god238 in the US (2017)
- Myrahmyrrh or fragrant oil; a variant of Myra21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Myriamof the sea, beloved; a form of Miriam7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Myiah25 in the US (2017)
- Myliah13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Myriah
Names that are said the same way as Myriah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Myriah
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