Zakyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Zakyah by the numbers
Zakyah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zakyah
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 Zakyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zakiyahpure; intelligent; virtuous85 in the US (2017)
- Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
- Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakyapure, intelligent or wise7 in the US (2017)
- Zanyah29 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zakyah
Names that are said the same way as Zakyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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