Nevayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nevayah by the numbers

Nevayah was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 31 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nevayah

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

  • Navayah15 in the US (2017)
  • Nevaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Neveyah6 in the US (2017)
  • Nerayah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nevadasnow-covered43 in the US (2017)
  • Neriyahlamp of god or god is my light; from ner and yah15 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Nevayah

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

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