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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 Amya 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 2007, its usage was 0.032% and its ranking #480, 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 English Aiyana, the English Allonia, the Basque and Spanish Amaia, the Arabic Amani, the Basque Amaya, the Arabic Ameena, the English Amiee, the Arabic Amina, the Arabic Aminah, the Spanish Anahi, the Czech and Italian Anina, the English Aniya, the English Aniyah, the Finnish Anniina, the German Annina, the English Imani, the Romanian and Slavic Ioana, the English and Scottish Iona, the Irish Aine, the Arabic Aman, the English Ami, the English Amie, the English Ammie, the English Amye, the Portuguese and Spanish Ana, the French Anais, the French Anaïs, the Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic Anna, the English Annah, the English Annie, the Polish Anny, the Estonian and Finnish Anu, the English Ayanna, the Hawaiian Henoheno, the Arabic Iman, the Greek Ioanna, the Lithuanian Ona, the Scandinavian Ane, the English Ann, the English, French, and German Anne, the Finnish Aune, and the Scandinavian Unn.

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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