Nyriah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyriah by the numbers

Nyriah was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nyriah

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

  • Neriahlamp of the lord or light of god113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nariah144 in the US (2017)
  • Noriah29 in the US (2017)
  • Nyrah13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyliah12 in the US (2017)
  • Nyiah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyriah

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

  • Nyaraimother7 in the US (2017)
  • Nihira11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Niara8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nihara13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyara3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nyarah5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Nyriah

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