Raniah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Raniah by the numbers
Raniah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Raniah
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 Raniah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raniyahgazing; looking; form of Rania107 in the US (2017)
- Ranialooking, gazing45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ramiahthunder of god; a form of Jeremiah23 in the US (2017)
- Raziahgrace of god; a form of Razia8 in the US (2017)
- Ranyahgazing or looking intently5 in the US (2017)
- Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Raniah
Names that are said the same way as Raniah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Raniah
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