Soriyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Soriyah by the numbers

Soriyah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Soriyah

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 Soriyah. 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)
  • Sorayahprincess or wealthy woman16 in the US (2017)
  • Sofiyahwisdom; a form of sophia12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Suriyahsun; a form of Surya7 in the US (2017)
  • Seriyah16 in the US (2017)
  • Soriah14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Soriyah

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

  • Soraiyavariant of Soraya; the Pleiades star cluster4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Soriya13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Soriyah

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