Afomia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Afomia by the numbers

Afomia was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Afomia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Afomia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adoniaof adonis; feminine form of adonis6 in the US (2017)
  • Ahmia10 in the US (2017)
  • Aloria8 in the US (2017)
  • Amoria7 in the US (2017)
  • Aamia6 in the US (2017)
  • Azoria6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Afomia

Names that are said the same way as Afomia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ava-Maelike a bird; bird-like with May flower; compound of Ava and Mae74 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avamae16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Afomia

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