Given name
Reaiah
“vision of Yah”
Reaiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewראיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Reaiah means “vision of Yah.”
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Where it comes from
Reaiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ra'a (ראה), “to see or understand.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. 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 Reaiah appears in 1 Chronicles 4:2.
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Reaiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 5 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reaiah’s family of names
See also 12
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ezrashares a root
- Ruthshares a root
- Ezrahshares a root
- Reubenshares a root
- Moriahshares a root
- Jeriahshares a root
- Jerielshares a root
- Siserashares a root
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