Nyemiah

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

Nyemiah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nyemiah

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

  • Nyemah12 in the US (2017)
  • Neriahlamp of the lord or light of god113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Neviah16 in the US (2017)
  • Nyliah12 in the US (2017)
  • Nyema10 in the US (2017)
  • Nyriah8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyemiah

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

  • Nyimasun4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niema13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nyemiah

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