Shemiah
Girl · sheh-MY-uh · Hebrew
Shemiah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shemiah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Shemaiah
“God has heard”
- Say it
- sheh-MY-uh
Is Shemiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shemiah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shemiah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Shemiah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shemiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Shemiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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