Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Bariah means “fugitive.”
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Where it comes from
Bariah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb barah (ברח), “to run away or run through.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Bariah appears in 1 Chronicles 3:22.
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Bariah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 0 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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