Miami
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.
Miami by the numbers
Miami was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Miami
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 Miami. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mimivariant of mimie, a term of endearment40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Minamisouth10 in the US (2017)
- Miani6 in the US (2017)
- Maahigreat earth; the world22 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mamiebeloved; diminutive of Mary23 in the US (2017)
- Millihoney bee; diminutive of Melissa or Millicent3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Miami
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