Saraiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.
Saraiya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Saraiya. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Saraiya
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 Saraiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sariyaclouds at night; a form of Sariah75 in the US (2017)
- Suraiyathe pleiades constellation15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saraiyahprincess; variant of Seraiah or Sarah14 in the US (2017)
- Soraiyavariant of Soraya; the Pleiades star cluster4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saraiaprincess of the lord; variant of Sarai8 in the US (2017)
- Saranyaone who provides shelter or protection7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Saraiya
Names that are said the same way as Saraiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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