Lamia - Meaning of Lamia

What does Lamia mean?

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Lamia

[ 3 syll. la-mia, lam-ia ] The baby girl name Lamia is pronounced as LAA-Miy-aa- or LAA-MYaa- †. Lamia is largely used in the African, English, and Swahili languages, and its origin is Old Greek. The name is of the meaning gullet.

Lamea, Lameah, Lamiah, Lamiya, Lamiyah, Lamya, and Lamyah are variant transcriptions of Lamia.

See also the related category swahili.

Lamia is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Lamia include Lamya, Lailani, Lainy, Laione, Lalanee, Lalaney, Lalani, Laleema, Lamani, Lamaya, Lamoni, Laulani, Laylani, Lealani, Leana, Leanna, Leannie, Lee Anna, Leiana, and Leilani.

† Pronunciation for Lamia: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"