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Arabia
How to Pronounce Arabia
Pronounced uh-RAY-bee-uh /əˈreɪ.bi.ə/Medium
Meaning: Arabia is a place name, the Arabian Peninsula, used as a girl's given name. The word comes through Latin from a Semitic root, and as a name it carries the romance and heritage of the region rather than a personal meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Arabia is a place name, the Arabian Peninsula, adopted as a girl's given name in the way places like India and Asia have been used. The word reaches English through Latin from a Semitic root. As a personal name it entered United States birth records in the mid-1970s, valued for its lush sound and heritage feel. Arabia first appears around 1976 and touched a small high around 1991.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, with scattered use into the 2010s. A girl named Arabia then would be in her thirties now.
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What does the name Arabia mean?
It is a place name, the Arabian Peninsula, used as a given name for its sound and heritage feel.
How do you pronounce Arabia?
It's said uh-RAY-bee-uh /əˈreɪ.bi.ə/, four syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Arabia a boy or girl name?
Arabia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Arabia?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.