Amaiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 39 babies a year in the US.
Amaiah by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Amaiah. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 47 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Amaiah
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 Amaiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amaiathe end or finish251 in the US (2017)
- Amariahgrace of the Lord; a form of Amariah or Amaria167 in the US (2017)
- Amarahimmortal; eternal; a form of Amara52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anaiahgod has answered or afflicted100 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amanahtrust or faithfulness; form of Amanah60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adaiahornament of the lord33 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amaiah
Names that are said the same way as Amaiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Amaiah
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