Fun Facts About the Name Maizah
- 23 babies named Maizah: U.S. records list 23 babies given the name Maizah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maizah Mean?
Maizah is a feminine name of Arabic origin. It matches the Arabic noun mīzah (ميزة), which means "distinction," "merit," or "advantage" - a quality that sets someone or something apart. The word comes from the root م ي ز (m-y-z), "to distinguish, to separate, to set apart." Other words from the same root include tamyīz (تمييز), "discernment" or "distinction," so the name's literal sense is closer to "distinguishing quality" than to a title or a virtue in the moral sense.
Maizah should not be confused with the similar-looking Arabic word māʿizah (ماعزة), "female goat," which belongs to a different root, م ع ز (m-ʿ-z). The two look alike in Latin letters but have no shared origin. The name is also unrelated to names such as Maysa or Maisa, which come from the root م ي س.
Maizah Name History & Origins
The name is built directly on the Arabic word mīzah, used as a personal name in Arabic-speaking communities and carried into other Muslim populations as Arabic naming spread with Islam. In South and Southeast Asia the name became established with the spelling Maizah, which follows Malay and Indonesian conventions: the letters ai stand for a diphthong, and the final h marks the feminine ending, as in other Arabic-derived names written in Malay (for example Aishah).
Maizah therefore has one basic source but several regional spellings, and it is found today mainly in Arabic-speaking countries and in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and Indonesia, where Arabic-derived girls' names are common in Muslim families. Because the underlying word mīzah is an ordinary Arabic noun meaning "merit" or "distinction," the name is generally understood as a wish for the child to be distinguished or favored rather than as a reference to a person or event in religious history.
How Popular is the Name Maizah?
Maizah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #12,966 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,374 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,798 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #17,464 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #12,966 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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