Zaliya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaliya by the numbers

Zaliya was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Zaliya

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

  • Zariyablooming flower; a form of Zahra78 in the US (2017)
  • Zakiyapure, chaste, intelligent47 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiyagraceful beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or Zaina42 in the US (2017)
  • Zalikawell-born; noble8 in the US (2017)
  • Zaniya83 in the US (2017)
  • Zaliyah49 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaliya

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

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