I think original poster was trying to reply to this:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/4339493"
Aaliyah's fame as well as the natural progression of fashion have led to -iyah replacing -isha and -ika as the most common suffix in newly created African-American female names."
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/fact/4339327Aniyah, Janiyah, Zariyah, Samiyah, Jaliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Taliyah could be the "African or Arabic descent" names the OP was referring to.