Given name
Moriah
“God is my teacher; of the hill country”
Moriah is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my teacher; of the hill country.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my teacher; of the hill country.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moriah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,507
- 108 boys · 13,399 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 517 babies
- 2025
- 221
- #1,093 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 221 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,093 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 517 in 1992. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,017 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.
Moriah’s family of names
Moriah has a related form in Moria. Moriah has a related form in Morice. Moriah has a related form in Moriya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Morriahlikely variant
- Moriyavariant
- Morisevariant
- Moricevariant
- Morielvariant
- Moriavariant
- Moritvariant
- Moraiahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 19
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Moriah
- PoppyAmerican singerborn 1995
- Moriah JeffersonAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Moriah van NormanAmerican water polo playerborn 1984
- Moriah Smallbonemusicianborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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