Given name
Neariah
“child of Yah”
Neariah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewנעריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Neariah means “child of Yah.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Neariah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb na'ar (נער), “to be young.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. 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 Neariah appears in 1 Chronicles 3:22.
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Neariah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 0 boys · 37 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 10 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 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2011.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neariah’s family of names
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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Zabdi
“my gift” · “gift of Yah”
>99% girls