Lamaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Lamaya by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Lamaya. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 43 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Lamaya

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

  • Lamyawith beautiful lips; dark-lipped55 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiyashining; luminous4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanaya34 in the US (2017)
  • Laraya18 in the US (2017)
  • Lavaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Lamayah7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lamaya

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

  • Lamiaswallowing or devouring; mythological figure38 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiah3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lamyah13 in the US (2017)
  • Lahoma

Names about as common as Lamaya

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