Given name & surname
Lakia
“one who is treasured”
Lakia is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is treasured.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is treasured.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lakia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,639
- 0 boys · 2,639 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 114 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 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 114 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,044 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.
Lakia’s family of names
Lakia has a related form in Lakeya. Lakia has a related form in Lakiya. Lakia has a related form in Lakea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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