Zaraya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Zaraya by the numbers
Zaraya was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zaraya
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 Zaraya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Zaraya
Names that are said the same way as Zaraya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
- Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Zaharahblooming flower; shining light12 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zaraya
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