The baby name Athaliah is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced uh-THAY-lee-uh,ath-uh-LY-uh.
Athaliah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Athaliah is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced uh-THAY-lee-uh,ath-uh-LY-uh.
Athaliah is Hebrew in Origin.
Athaliah is a theophoric Hebrew name, from ‘Atalyāh/‘Atalyāhu (עֲתַלְיָה/עֲתַלְיָהוּ), combining the divine element -yah(u) “Yahweh” with a root meaning “to be exalted,” hence “The LORD is exalted.” In English it’s usually pronounced ath-uh-LIE-uh. Shorter forms and transliterations include Athalia, Atalia, and Atalya; the French literary form is Athalie.
In the Hebrew Bible, Athaliah is the formidable queen of Judah in the 9th century BCE, whose violent usurpation gave the name a somber cast; this has kept usage rare in the Jewish and Christian worlds, though Puritans occasionally adopted it as a biblical choice. Cultural afterlives include Racine’s tragedy Athalie (1691) and Handel’s oratorio Athalia (1733), which familiarized the name in Europe. Today Athaliah and its modern Israeli variant Atalya see modest use; nicknames such as Tali or Talya sometimes arise in informal contexts.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #276 | 10 | 2,795 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #852 | 65 | 8,487 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,125 | 17 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Athaliah is popular in 11 countries — most recent births per country:
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