Vaniah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The name Vaniah (Hebrew: וַנְיָה) is generally understood to be of Hebrew origin, with several related meanings, including "Yahweh is praise" or "Jehovah is praise"
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/vənaɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vaniah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 5.1M(measured from records)
- BRBrazil≈1 in 106M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 13 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.1M (inferred from the name graph)
≈2 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Vaniah (Hebrew: וַנְיָה) is generally understood to be of Hebrew origin, with several related meanings, including "Yahweh is praise" or "Jehovah is praise". [10, 13, 14] Other interpretations suggest it means "Yahweh is gracious" or "God has answered". [2, 5, 8]
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vaniah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 106M | — | Vaniah | 13 |
| CR Costa Rica | 1 | 1 in 5.1M | 1 | — | 1 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Vaniah | 3 |
| US United States | — | — | 7 | Vaniah | 5 |
| MX Mexico | — | — | — | Vaniah | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Vaniah is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Vaniah is a biblical Hebrew name meaning "God is gracious" or "praise of God". [8, 14] It belongs to a man mentioned in the Old Testament book of Ezra who was part of a community renewal movement after the Babylonian exile.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1997 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 5 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Vaniah mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Vaniah (Hebrew: וַנְיָה) is generally understood to be of Hebrew origin, with several related meanings, including "Yahweh is praise" or "Jehovah is praise". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Vaniah?
- A machine transcription gives /vənaɪə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Vaniah a male or female name?
- Vaniah is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Vaniah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2 people named Vaniah in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vaniah.
- Where is Vaniah most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vaniah is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 5.1 million people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Vaniah?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted 1 people named Vaniah, about 1 in 5.1 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vaniahThe 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, “Vaniah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.