Neah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Neah by the numbers

Neah was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 30 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Neah

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

  • Noahrest, comfort, repose4,075 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niahbright or radiant; a respelling of Niamh15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyah33 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevah11 in the US (2017)
  • Nea9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neyah9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Neah

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

  • Neya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Neah

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