Given name
Leeyah
“The Lord's daughter”
Leeyah is a variant of Liya. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leeyah is a variant of Liya. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord's daughter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leeyah is a variant of Liya. An origin associated with Liya is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leeyah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 0 boys · 392 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,548 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,548 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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