The baby name Toyah is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TOY-ə.
Toyah is Comanche in Origin.
The baby name Toyah is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TOY-ə.
Toyah is Comanche in Origin.
Toyah is generally traced to Comanche, a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken on the southern Plains. The earliest secure public form is the west Texas place-name Toyah, recorded for Toyah Creek and the town of Toyah; local histories connect it with Comanche toya, water or flowing water. The final h belongs to English spelling rather than to a separate native suffix, so water amid the desert is an expanded topographic gloss.
As a personal name, Toyah appears chiefly in modern English use rather than in well-documented Comanche naming records. Its strongest public association is Toyah Willcox, the English singer and actor born in 1958, whose given name made the spelling familiar in Britain during the punk and new-wave period. Toya is the nearest spelling variant. In the United States, Toyah is extremely rare; SSA data show only occasional female registrations in late twentieth-century records.
| Toyah Willcox Toyah Willcox is a British singer and actress best known for her vibrant music career in the 1980s with hits like 'It's a Mystery' and 'I Want to Be Free'. She also made a mark in acting with roles in films such as 'Quadrophenia'. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 1998 | #1 | — | 560 |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #150 | 4 | 3,773 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,231 | 6 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Toyah is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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