Zamiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.
Zamiya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Zamiya. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 54 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zamiya
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 Zamiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zamiraconscience; heart; soul85 in the US (2017)
- Zariyablooming flower; a form of Zahra78 in the US (2017)
- Zakiyapure, chaste, intelligent47 in the US (2017)
- Zaiyagraceful beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or Zaina42 in the US (2017)
- Zamiadamage or loss; a genus of plants18 in the US (2017)
- Zaminaearth or land; a form of Zamin5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zamiya
Names that are said the same way as Zamiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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