Somiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Somiya by the numbers

Somiya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Somiya

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

  • Samiyaelevated, exalted135 in the US (2017)
  • Sofiyawisdom; a form of sophia22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Soniyagolden; a form of Sonya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Somaya37 in the US (2017)
  • Soriya13 in the US (2017)
  • Somya6 in the US (2017)

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