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Maniah
How to Pronounce Maniah
Pronounced muh-NY-uh /məˈnaɪ.ə/Medium
Meaning: Maniah is a modern American girl's name that reads either as a respelling of Mariah, itself a form of Mary, or as a short form of biblical-flavored names ending in -aniah. The -iah ending gives it a scriptural, melodic feel shared by Mariah, Nevaeh and Amaya. It has no single fixed root; its warmth comes from that familiar -iah music.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
Maniah belongs to the wave of -iah and -iyah girls' names that flourished from the 1990s onward, prized for a sound that feels both modern and scriptural. It can be read as a respelling of Mariah, a form of Mary, or as an original coinage on that ending. Maniah appears in United States records from the late 1990s and was given to only a small number of girls.
It never became common, reaching only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak, so a girl named Maniah then would be in her early twenties today. It reads as a melodic coinage rather than a revival, and better-known relatives like Mariah and Aniyah stayed more familiar.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Maniah mean?
It is a modern coinage, likely a respelling of Mariah, a form of Mary, or a short form of an -aniah name.
How do you pronounce Maniah?
It's said muh-NY-uh /məˈnaɪ.ə/, three syllables stressed in the middle.
Is Maniah a boy or girl name?
Maniah is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Maniah?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the mid-two-thousands.