Given name
Tehya
“one who is pre- CIOUS”
Tehya is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “one who is pre- CIOUS.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “one who is pre- CIOUS.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tehya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,061
- 0 boys · 2,061 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 164 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,044 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,044 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 164 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,694 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.
Tehya’s family of names
Tehya has a related form in Tehiya. Tehya has a related form in Tehiyah. Tehya has a related form in Tehyah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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“her father's daughter”
>99% girls
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“one who disciplines others”
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“a tribal name”
>99% girls