Nariah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 144 babies a year in the US.
Nariah by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Nariah. In the US, 144 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 219 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Nariah
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 Nariah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Neriahlamp of the lord or light of god113 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
- Nakiahpure or chaste; a form of Nakiya7 in the US (2017)
- Nariyah86 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Nariah
Names that are said the same way as Nariah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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