Zaraiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaraiah by the numbers

Zaraiah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zaraiah

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

  • Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
  • Zarayahblooming flower; a form of Sarah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zarriah19 in the US (2017)
  • Zaryiah16 in the US (2017)
  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
  • Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaraiah

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

  • Zaharablooming flower160 in the US (2017)
  • Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
  • Zahirablooming or shining9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaryadawn or sunrise28 in the US (2017)
  • Zaharahblooming flower; shining light12 in the US (2017)
  • Zahirahblooming flower; shining or brilliant7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zaraiah

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