Shariyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shariyah by the numbers

Shariyah was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 45 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Shariyah

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

  • Sariyahprincess; a variant of Seraiah or Sarah313 in the US (2017)
  • Shamiyahof the levant; Syrian; feminine form of Shami20 in the US (2017)
  • Shariahthe sacred law of islam17 in the US (2017)
  • Shakiyahthankful; grateful6 in the US (2017)
  • Shaniyah48 in the US (2017)
  • Shaliyah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shariyah

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

Names about as common as Shariyah

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