Sharayah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Sharayah by the numbers
Sharayah was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 63 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Sharayah
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 Sharayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sarayahprincess of god; a form of Sarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shariyah18 in the US (2017)
- Shanayah7 in the US (2017)
- Sariyahprincess; a variant of Seraiah or Sarah313 in the US (2017)
- SerayahGod is my prince; a form of seraiah16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shamiyahof the levant; Syrian; feminine form of Shami20 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sharayah
Names that are said the same way as Sharayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Shariahthe sacred law of islam17 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sharayah
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