Zuriyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zuriyah by the numbers

Zuriyah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zuriyah

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

  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
  • Zuriah16 in the US (2017)
  • Zeriyah11 in the US (2017)
  • Zoriyah7 in the US (2017)
  • Zariahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara712 in the US (2017)
  • Zakiyahpure; intelligent; virtuous85 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zuriyah

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