Jamia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 73 babies a year in the US.
Jamia by the numbers
Jamia was given to 73 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 221 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Jamia
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 Jamia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jamiehe supplants; form of james195 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jamilabeautiful111 in the US (2017)
- Jaminright hand; favoured; a form of Benjamin41 in the US (2017)
- JaniaGod is gracious; a form of Jane or Jeanie34 in the US (2017)
- Jamisupplanter; possibly from James or Jamie25 in the US (2017)
- Jamato gather; to assemble9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jamia
Names that are said the same way as Jamia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jamia
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