Amayiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Amayiah by the numbers

Amayiah was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Amayiah

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 Amayiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amariahgrace of the Lord; a form of Amariah or Amaria167 in the US (2017)
  • Amaliahwork of god; a form of Amalia5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amayah115 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amaiah39 in the US (2017)
  • Amyiah39 in the US (2017)
  • Alayiah27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Amayiah

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

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