Nakia
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure or chaste; a form of Nakiya.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Nakia by the numbers
Nakia was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 1,134 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Nakiya
Like Nakia, each of these traces back to Nakiya: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nakia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean purity
Like Nakia, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Zakaipure; remembers god182 in the US (2017)
- Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Wisdomwisdom; virtue name71 in the US (2017)
- Tahirpure; clean; chaste9 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Nakia
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