Navaiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Navaiah by the numbers

Navaiah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Navaiah

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

  • Naviah16 in the US (2017)
  • Navayah15 in the US (2017)
  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Nataliahborn on Christmas day; elaborate 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)

Sounds like Navaiah

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

  • Navyayoung; new; fresh26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naveah86 in the US (2017)
  • Navaeh53 in the US (2017)
  • Navia23 in the US (2017)
  • Navaya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naavya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Navaiah

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