Nyliah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyliah by the numbers

Nyliah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nyliah

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

  • NaliahGod gave me; a form of Natalia21 in the US (2017)
  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nylia15 in the US (2017)
  • Nyleah14 in the US (2017)
  • Nyriah8 in the US (2017)
  • Nyliyah7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyliah

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

  • Nyalaantelope; a type of animal16 in the US (2017)
  • Nilayaabode of waters; from nila and aya7 in the US (2017)
  • Nialah13 in the US (2017)
  • Nyilah7 in the US (2017)
  • Nylaya7 in the US (2017)
  • Niilah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nyliah

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