Given name
Toyah
“victorious woman; winner; conqueror”
Toyah is a variant of Tory. In American use, Tory carries the interpretation “victorious woman; winner; conqueror.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Toyah is a variant of Tory. In American use, Tory carries the interpretation “victorious woman; winner; conqueror.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toyah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 0 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 8 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 8 in 1977. 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Toyah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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