Talayah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 41 babies a year in the US.
Talayah by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Talayah. In the US, 41 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 49 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Talayah
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 Talayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Talayah
Names that are said the same way as Talayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tahliadew of god; a form of Talia38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taliahdew of god; a form of Talia30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taleahdew of God; a form of Talia89 in the US (2017)
- Talyadew of god; variant of talia or natalia80 in the US (2017)
- Taaliahvariant of Talia; morning dew5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Talayah
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