Zoriah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zoriah by the numbers

Zoriah was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Zoriah

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 Zoriah. 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)
  • Zorahblooming flower; a form of Zara4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zyriah25 in the US (2017)
  • Zuriah16 in the US (2017)
  • Zeriah15 in the US (2017)
  • Zoria10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zoriah

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

  • Zoharablooming flower; related to Zahara6 in the US (2017)
  • Zoraya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zorriah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zoriah

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