Zniyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zniyah by the numbers

Zniyah was given to 7 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 Zniyah

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

  • Ziyahlight, splendor; a variant of Zia85 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaniyah334 in the US (2017)
  • Zeniyah9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ziniyah5 in the US (2017)
  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zniyah

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