Roniyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Roniyah by the numbers
Roniyah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Roniyah
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 Roniyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raniyahgazing; looking; form of Rania107 in the US (2017)
- Reniyah15 in the US (2017)
- Romiyah5 in the US (2017)
- Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riyahflowing water, nourishing wind7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rakiyahascending, rising; feminine form of Raki13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Roniyah
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