Given name
Tyjah
“one who is intelligent”
Tyjah is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “one who is intelligent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is intelligent.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tyjah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 238
- 58 boys · 180 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 21 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 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 224 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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