Coniah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Coniah

What is the meaning of the name Coniah ?

The baby name Coniah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /kəˈnaɪə/ (kuh-NY-uh) or /ˈkɒniə/ (KON-ee-uh).

Coniah is Hebrew in Origin.

Coniah is a Hebrew biblical name, a clipped form of Jeconiah/Jehoiachin built from the root kun “to establish” plus the theophoric element Yah. It thus means “Yahweh establishes” or “established by the Lord.” In Hebrew spellings, forms include Yekonyah and Koniah.

In the Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah refers to King Jehoiachin of Judah as Coniah (Jer 22:24, 28), a shortened form some scholars read as deliberate, omitting the divine prefix. The same figure appears in Greek and Latin as Jechonias, notably in the genealogy of Matthew (1:11–12). Because the king was deposed and exiled to Babylon in 597 BCE, the name carries sober historical associations and has remained very rare in postbiblical usage. Variants and related forms include Jeconiah, Jehoiachin, Jechonias, Yeconiah/Yechoniah, and Koniah. As a modern given name, Coniah is uncommon but appeals to parents seeking an unusual, authentically biblical choice.

⚙ Coniah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Coniah appears only 9 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.