Samyiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samyiah by the numbers

Samyiah was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Samyiah

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

  • Samiahelevated; lofty; sublime52 in the US (2017)
  • Samyahlofty; exalted; feminine form of Samiy20 in the US (2017)
  • Samyrah14 in the US (2017)
  • Saryiah11 in the US (2017)
  • Samyia10 in the US (2017)
  • Sanyiah8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Samyiah

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

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