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 [ syll. a-ma-ia, am-aia ] The girl name Amaia is pronounced AEM-AYah KEY. Amaia's language of origin is Basque. It is predominantly used in the Basque and Spanish languages. The name means 'end'. There is a town of Amaya in the Province of Burgos in northern Spain. The first name gained prominence in 2000 when it was known from a contestant, Amaya Brecher, from the popular MTV reality television series 'The Real World: Hawaii'. A form of the name is the Basque and Japanese Amaya. Amaia is not frequently used as a baby girl name. It is not ranked within the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly linked to Amaia, the Basque and Japanese Amaya was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Amaia include the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the Swahili and English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Hebrew Amana, the Arabic Amani, the name Amaui, the Basque and Japanese Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the English Amya, the Spanish Anahi, the Greek Anemone, the Indian Anima, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, and the Finnish Anniina. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Amaia: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
