Zayiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Zayiah by the numbers
Zayiah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zayiah
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 Zayiah. 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)
- Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaniahgrace and beauty; a form of Zaynab49 in the US (2017)
- Zaynahgrace; beauty; a form of Zaynab38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayrahblooming flower; a form of Zahra4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaylah47 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zayiah
Names that are said the same way as Zayiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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