Saleah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Saleah by the numbers

Saleah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Saleah

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

  • Salmahsafe, peaceful, or variant of Salma3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saveah7 in the US (2017)
  • Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
  • Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
  • Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
  • Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Saleah

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

Names about as common as Saleah

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