Kamaiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kamaiya by the numbers

Kamaiya was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kamaiya

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

Sounds like Kamaiya

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

  • Kamiyahperfect or complete; a modern respelling of Kamila245 in the US (2017)
  • Camiyahyoung ceremonial attendant; a form of Camila50 in the US (2017)
  • Camiya31 in the US (2017)
  • Kamyiah18 in the US (2017)
  • Khamiyah16 in the US (2017)
  • Kamyia14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kamaiya

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