Zamiyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 60 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
60
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zamiyah by the numbers

Zamiyah was given to 60 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 84 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zamiyah

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

  • Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
  • Zakiyahpure; intelligent; virtuous85 in the US (2017)
  • Zamirahconscience; heart; soul41 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaniyah334 in the US (2017)
  • Zaliyah49 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zamiyah

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

Names about as common as Zamiyah

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