Given name
Seraiah
“Yah retains”
Seraiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Seraiah means “Yah retains.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Seraiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb sharar (שרר), “to retain liquidity.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. 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 Seraiah appears in 2 Samuel 8:17, Jeremiah 51:63.
- 2 Samuel 8:17
- Jeremiah 51:63
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Seraiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 402
- 12 boys · 390 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,079 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +136%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,079 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 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.
Seraiah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 10
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Sarahshares a root
- Israelshares a root
- Saraishares a root
- Sharonshares a root
- Serahshares a root
- Tyrannusshares a root
- Sherebiahshares a root
- Shararshares a root
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