Ameyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Ameyah by the numbers
Ameyah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ameyah
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 Ameyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Ameyaboundless or infinite18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amenahsafe, secure, trustworthy12 in the US (2017)
- Ameeyahpeople of god; a form of Amiah8 in the US (2017)
- Amelahpeople of god; a form of Amelia8 in the US (2017)
- Amelyahwork; a form of Amelia6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ameyah
Names that are said the same way as Ameyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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