Given name
Meraiah
“rebellious”·“myrrh of Yah”
Meraiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewמריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Meraiah is thought to mean “rebellious” or “myrrh of Yah.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Meraiah is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. 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 Meraiah appears in Nehemiah 12:12.
From biblical name research
Meraiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38
- 0 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 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 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1998.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Meraiah’s family of names
See also 18
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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Reaiah
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>99% girls
Aridai
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>99% girls
Vaniah
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Jaazaniah
“Yah harkens”
20% boys · 80% girls