Nakiah

A girls’ 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
—
outside the ONS list

Nakiah by the numbers

Nakiah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 39 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Nakiya

Like Nakiah, 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.

  • Nakiya17 in the US (2017)
  • Nakiapure or chaste; a form of Nakiya7 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nakiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Nasiahlifted up by God, rescued by God20 in the US (2017)
  • Nadiahhope, tender; feminine form of Nadi12 in the US (2017)
  • Nariah144 in the US (2017)
  • Nakiyah30 in the US (2017)
  • Naziah21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nakiah

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

  • Nakyapure or chaste; a form of Nakiya7 in the US (2017)
  • Nakyah9 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean purity

Like Nakiah, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Lillianlily; purity6,139 in the US (2017)
  • Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Katherinepure2,833 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Lilianalily; purity2,747 in the US (2017)
  • Catherinepure; clear1,573 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nakiah

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