Samaiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samaiya by the numbers

Samaiya was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 39 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Samaiya

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

  • Samiyaelevated, exalted135 in the US (2017)
  • Samairaevening breeze17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sumaiyaelevated or lofty16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Samaya120 in the US (2017)
  • Saraiya26 in the US (2017)
  • Sanaiya11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Samaiya

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

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