Athaliah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Athaliah is Hebrew and is generally understood to mean "Yahweh is exalted" or "God is great"
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/atalja/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Athaliah is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- PHPhilippines
- USUnited States
- GYGuyana
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)The name Athaliah is Hebrew and is generally understood to mean "Yahweh is exalted" or "God is great". It is composed of the Semitic root 'atal' ('to be great or eminent') and 'Yah,' a shortened form of Yahweh, the personal name of God in the Hebrew Bible.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Athaliah is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Athaliah, meaning 'Yahweh is exalted,' is historically considered feminine due to the infamous Queen Athaliah of Judah. While the Bible records it as a male name as well, its use for boys is exceptionally rare in modern times.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Athaliah is theophoric and is generally understood to mean "Yahweh is exalted" or "God is great".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Athaliah is a strong, historical Hebrew name used for both men and women in the Bible. While its most famous bearer was the formidable queen of Judah, it was also the name of a male ancestor of a leader who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra, making it a choice with deep roots in biblical history.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Her reign represents a period of apostasy and the near-extinction of the Davidic line, highlighting the theological theme of God's preservation of the messianic lineage despite human attempts to destroy it.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Yahweh is exalted
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 83 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 66 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 29 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 17 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 13 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Athaliah mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Athaliah is Hebrew and is generally understood to mean "Yahweh is exalted" or "God is great". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Athaliah?
- In Spanish /atalja/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What are other forms of the name Athaliah?
- In the etymology graph, Atalia and Atalyah are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Athaliah a male or female name?
- Athaliah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Athaliah have the most bearers?
- Athaliah is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/athaliahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Athaliah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.