Lamiyah

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning shining, luminous; a form of Lamiya.

Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Lamiyah by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Lamiyah. In the US, 50 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 the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 68 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lamiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lamiyashining; luminous4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laniyah164 in the US (2017)
  • Laiyah79 in the US (2017)
  • Lariyah46 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiah3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lamyah13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lamiyah

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

Other names that mean light

Like Lamiyah, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
  • Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyborn of light4,564 in the US (2017)
  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lamiyah

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