Zamyah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zamyah by the numbers

Zamyah was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zamyah

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

  • Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaryahblooming flower; a form of Zahra or Zara43 in the US (2017)
  • Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zamiyah60 in the US (2017)
  • Zamya34 in the US (2017)
  • Zanyah29 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zamyah

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

  • Zamiadamage or loss; a genus of plants18 in the US (2017)
  • Zamaya26 in the US (2017)
  • Zamiah22 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zamyah

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