Zuriah

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zuriah by the numbers

Zuriah was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zuriah

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

  • Zeriah15 in the US (2017)
  • Zurielmy rock is god; an archangel name42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaiah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zekiah18 in the US (2017)
  • Zarian14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zuriah

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

  • Zuhairablooming flower; a form of Zuhra5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zuhayrasmall flower; diminutive of Zohra3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zuria30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zuriah

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