Nyrah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies

Nyrah by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Nyrah.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nyrah

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 Nyrah. 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)
  • Nurahlight; illumination13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nyah33 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyra55 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyriah8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyrah

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

  • Niraplowed field4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nyrah

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