Noriah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Noriah by the numbers

Noriah was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Noriah

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

  • Norahhonor; a form of Nora or Honora2,148 in the US (2017)
  • Neriahlamp of the lord or light of god113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noriawater wheel; a form of Nour9 in the US (2017)
  • Nariah144 in the US (2017)
  • Nyriah8 in the US (2017)
  • Norrah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Noriah

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