Zyiah

A girls’ 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

Zyiah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zyiah

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

  • Ziahsplendor or radiance of god13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zylah87 in the US (2017)
  • Zyah36 in the US (2017)
  • Zyriah25 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zyrah12 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zyiah

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

  • Ziyalight, splendor; variant of Zia128 in the US (2017)
  • Ziyahlight, splendor; a variant of Zia85 in the US (2017)
  • Zyia8 in the US (2017)
  • Xiya6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zyiah

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