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Zariah

Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Zariah: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 2024.

Often considered a modern coinage, Zariah likely blends the popular Zara with the suffix -iah, though it also echoes the Arabic Zahra, meaning "blooming" or "radiant," and the Hebrew name Zeruiah, which appears in the Old Testament as the mother of Joab. While no famously historical bearer springs to mind, the variant Zaria shares its name with a historic city in northern Nigeria, a major centre of the Hausa kingdom. The name has gained steady use in Scotland and elsewhere since the 2000s, appealing for its lyrical sound and multicultural resonance, and is sometimes spelled Zaryah or treated as a more elaborate form of Sarah.