Samyia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Samyia by the numbers

Samyia was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Samyia

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

  • Samialofty; elevated117 in the US (2017)
  • Samyaelevated or lofty in rank50 in the US (2017)
  • Samyra40 in the US (2017)
  • Samyiah23 in the US (2017)
  • Samaia5 in the US (2017)
  • Samyria5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Samyia

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

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