Omaya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Omaya by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Omaya. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Omaya
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 Omaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Omaya
Names that are said the same way as Omaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ohemaaqueen or female ruler14 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Omaya
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