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Meaning of name Amaya

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Meaning

The name Amaya has the following meaning:

Of the night rain. Similar sounding to the popular name Maya.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Amaya is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 227 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Amaya fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 4 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 202 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Amaya in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Amaya is pronounced as uh-mah-yah

Origins

Amaya originates from the Japanese language.
See other suggested Japanese girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Amaya and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Amaya: Boys - Daido, Dai-In, Danno, Hiroshi, Kiyoshi, Masao, Okey, Oki, Tomi, Tomie, Yoshi, Girls - Kaiya, Tamiko, Both genders - Akira

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Amaya: Amaia, Amaiah, Amayah

Style

We think the name Amaya should fall under the following style category: Ladylike.

See other Ladylike girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Amaya to be: Tall and slender woman

In one word, you might describe Amaya as a(n) "slender" person.

See other "slender" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Amaya (or its variants) are:

Carmen Amaya, born on 2 November, a famous singer. Carmen Amaya's background: A flamenco dancer and singer.

Amaya Uranga, born on 18 February, a famous singer. Amaya Uranga's background: A Spanish singer, best known for the nearly twenty years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades.

Ramón Amaya Amador, born on 29 April, a famous author. Ramón Amaya Amador's background: Honduras's most famous author.
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