Given name
Amariah
“a gift of God”
Amariah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Original Hebrewאמריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a gift of God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb amar (אמר), “to talk.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Amariah appears in 1 Chronicles 6:7, 1 Chronicles 6:11, Zephaniah 1:1 and 3 other passages.
- 1 Chronicles 6:7
- 1 Chronicles 6:11
- Zephaniah 1:1
- Ezra 10:42
- Nehemiah 10:3
- Nehemiah 12:2
From biblical name research
Amariah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,791
- 28 boys · 3,763 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 206 babies
- 2025
- 206
- #1,152 for girls · #12,117 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 201 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,152 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,314 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amariah’s family of names
Amariah may belong to the same name family as AMARIAHH. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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