Oniya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four 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

Oniya by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Oniya

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

  • Oriya12 in the US (2017)
  • Onika10 in the US (2017)
  • Oviya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Olivaolive tree; variant of Olivia22 in the US (2017)
  • Olinaoleander flower; a form of olina or oline18 in the US (2017)
  • Olivyaolive tree; modern spelling of Olivia12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Oniya

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