Amylah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.
Amylah by the numbers
Amylah was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 30 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Amylah
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 Amylah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Amylah
Names that are said the same way as Amylah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Amilawork; a spelling variant of Amelia11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameilawork; a variant spelling of Amelia30 in the US (2017)
- Amelawork; a form of Amalia21 in the US (2017)
- Amalapure or spotless4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amileawork; a spelling variant of Amelia7 in the US (2017)
- Aamilahworker or one who labours4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Amylah
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