Shariah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the sacred law of islam.
Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shariah by the numbers
Shariah was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shariah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Shariah
Names that are said the same way as Shariah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sharayah8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Shariah, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Trinitythe holy trinity or three in one1,864 in the US (2017)
- Izabelladevoted to God; variant of Isabella1,220 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shariah
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