Meliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- meh-LY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Meliya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Meliya come from?
Modern: spelling of Meliyah; modern coinage of uncertain origin
Meaning borrowed from Meliyah.
Is Meliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Meliya is a girls' name.
How popular is Meliya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Meliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Meliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Safiya, Kaliyah, Zaniya, Zariya, Zayla, Amoura, Aziyah, Zhamira, Jaliyah, Kamiyah
Names related to Meliya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meliya, updated 20 October 2026.