Ameia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ameia by the numbers

Ameia was given to 14 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 Ameia

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

  • Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amaiathe end or finish251 in the US (2017)
  • Ameyaboundless or infinite18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amenasafe; secure; a form of Amina44 in the US (2017)
  • Ameilawork; a variant spelling of Amelia30 in the US (2017)
  • Amelawork; a form of Amalia21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ameia

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

  • Ameeyahpeople of god; a form of Amiah8 in the US (2017)
  • Amoghaunfailing; unerring; infallible5 in the US (2017)
  • Amaya398 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amia318 in the US (2017)
  • Amayah115 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amya224 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ameia

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