Amiah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 202 babies a year in the US.
Amiah by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Amiah. In the US, 202 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 275 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Amiah
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 Amiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amirahprincess; noblewoman189 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aminahtrustworthy, honest, peaceful81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Asiahgod has made; variant of asher69 in the US (2017)
- Aviahmy father is Yah; variant of Aviya35 in the US (2017)
- Abiahmy father is yahweh7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Amiah
Names that are said the same way as Amiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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