Raniyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning gazing; looking; form of Rania.
Raniyah by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Raniyah. In the US, 107 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 144 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Rania
Like Raniyah, each of these traces back to Rania: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raniyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rakiyahascending, rising; feminine form of Raki13 in the US (2017)
- Raiyahfragrant or spring garden; a form of raya4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ranyahgazing or looking intently5 in the US (2017)
- Rabiyahfourth; feminine form relating to spring3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ramiyah39 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Raniyah
Names that are said the same way as Raniyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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