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Amya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Amya

[ syll. a-mya, am-ya ] The girl name Amya is pronounced as AEMiyah KEY. Amya is mainly used in the English language and it is of Hebrew origin. The meaning of the name is people of God. The name is of obscure origin.

Amya is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also viewed as rather trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2004, 0.035% of baby girls were given the name Amya. It was #423 in rank then. In 2008, its usage was 0.031% and its ranking #493, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family.

Baby names that sound like Amya include the Arabic Aamina, the Basque and Spanish Ainhoa, the Swahili and English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, 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 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 pronunciation for Amya: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Amya