Lamyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lamyah by the numbers

Lamyah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 29 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lamyah

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

  • Layahweary; a variant spelling of Leah72 in the US (2017)
  • Lamyawith beautiful lips; dark-lipped55 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiyahshining, luminous; a form of Lamiya50 in the US (2017)
  • Laiyah79 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiah3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanyah13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lamyah

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

  • Lamiaswallowing or devouring; mythological figure38 in the US (2017)
  • Lamaya4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lamayah7 in the US (2017)
  • Lahoma

Names about as common as Lamyah

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