Given name & surname · also Bengali
Miah
Miah is a surname from Bengali, ultimately from Classical Persian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Miah comes from Bengali, and ultimately from Classical Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Bengali মিঞা, from Classical Persian میان (miyān).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,593
- 10 boys · 9,583 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 499 babies
- 2025
- 144
- #1,490 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 144 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,490 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 499 in 2012. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,153 as a first name in 2020; 3,294 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Miah’s family of names
Miah has a related form in Mia. In English usage, Miah as a surname was borrowed from the Bengali form মিঞা.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miah
- Miah PerssonSwedish soprano singer (born 1969)
- Miah-Marie LangloisCanadian basketball player (born 1991)
- Miah DennehyIrish footballer1950–2023
- Miah MaddenAustralian actress and presenterborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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