Given name
Maizah
“one who has good judgment and keen insight”
Maizah is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who has good judgment and keen insight.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who has good judgment and keen insight.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maizah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,374 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,374 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2012.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maizah’s family of names
Maizah has a related form in Maeza. Maizah has a related form in Maezah. Maizah has a related form in Maiza.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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