Moriya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mo-RYE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Moriya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Moriya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Moriyah, itself a variant of Moriah, a biblical place name
In Genesis, Abraham is sent to Mount Moriah to sacrifice Isaac; tradition places it at Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
Meaning borrowed from Moriyah.
Is Moriya a girl's or a boy's name?
Moriya is a girls' name.
How popular is Moriya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Moriya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moriya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Moriya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira, Aliya, Hadassah, Aaliyah, Safiya, Taliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Malaya, Zaniya, Hadassa, Amira
Names related to Moriya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Moriya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/moriya, updated 20 October 2026.