Soriah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Soriah by the numbers

Soriah was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Soriah

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

  • Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
  • Seriahgod is my prince; variant of Sariah9 in the US (2017)
  • Sofiahwisdom; a form of Sophia9 in the US (2017)
  • Sorahprincess; a variant spelling of Sarah5 in the US (2017)
  • Syriah30 in the US (2017)
  • Soriyah10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Soriah

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

  • Sorayaprincess or star constellation76 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sorayahprincess or wealthy woman16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Soriah

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