Lamyia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lamyia by the numbers

Lamyia was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Lamyia

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

  • Lamyawith beautiful lips; dark-lipped55 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiaswallowing or devouring; mythological figure38 in the US (2017)
  • Layianight; a form of Layla5 in the US (2017)
  • Lanyia6 in the US (2017)
  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Laiylanight; a variant of Layla24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lamyia

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

  • Lamiyahshining, luminous; a form of Lamiya50 in the US (2017)
  • Lamiyashining; luminous4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Lamyia

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