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Gender:	affix
Pronunciation:
Meaning:	of or from Jah (Jehovah or Yahweh)
Related Names:	-ijah, -ias, -ia(1), Athaliah, Elijah, Hezekiah, Isaiah, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Josiah, Moriah, Nissiah, Tobias, Uriah, Uzziah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah, Jo-, -iel
Length: 4 Gender: {{#if affix \|affix }} Rank in 2000s: 0 0 Name: -iah Origin: Hebrew Meaning (no case): of or from jah (jehovah or yahweh)

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In a nutshell...

ORIGIN AND HISTORY

Hebrew, -iyah from -iyahuw, a common Biblical name suffix literally meaning "of or from YHVH^[1]" (one of the main names of God given in the Old Testament).

-ijah is a variation seen in names like Elijah & Abijah.

-ias is the Greek & Spanish form.

-ia is a modern corruption and usually, but not exclusively, limited to feminine names, as it is spelt the same as -ia(2), a Latin feminine suffix.

These can be used interchangeably with -iel, as can be seen in Uriah & Uriel and can be used to coin new names like Nathaniah, instead of Nathaniel^[1].

This works best when the root name is Hebrew, as well.

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Author: Sabertooth

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Name	-iah +
Origin	Hebrew +
Popularity	0 +
Rank in 2000s	0 +
Related	-ijah +, -ias +, -ia(1) +, Athaliah +, Elijah +, Hezekiah +, Isaiah +, Jedidiah +, Jeremiah +, Josiah +, Moriah +, Nissiah +, Tobias +, Uriah +, Uzziah +, Zedekiah +, Zephaniah +, Jo- +, and -iel +

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