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Amaya

Amaya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“mother city”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
ah-MY-ah · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Amaya is a Spanish place-based name associated with the ancient settlement of Amaya, often glossed as 'mother city'. It is also used independently in Japanese with different kanji-based meanings.

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How popular is Amaya?

2024544 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Amaya in 20241,809

2024 rank#169 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 188041,804

Amaya has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Amaya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amiyahuncertain; often linked to Amaya or Amina · Unknown
  • Amayahclose to God · Hebrew
  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish

Amaya questions

What does the name Amaya mean?

Amaya means "mother city". It comes from Spanish. Amaya is a Spanish place-based name associated with the ancient settlement of Amaya, often glossed as 'mother city'. It is also used independently in Japanese with different kanji-based meanings.

Is Amaya a boy or girl name?

Amaya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Amaya?

1,809 US babies were named Amaya in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Amaya?

Amaya is usually pronounced ah-MY-ah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.