Amaya - Meaning of Amaya

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[ 3 syll. a-ma-ya, am-aya ] The baby girl name Amaya is pronounced as aa-MAA-Yaa- †. Amaya is of Basque and Japanese origin. It is used mainly in Basque, English, Spanish, and Japanese. From Japanese roots, its meaning is 'night rain' - in this context, Amaya can be used in the English, Japanese, and Spanish languages.

Amaya is a variation of Amaia (Basque, English, and Spanish).

Variations of Amaya include Amaha, Amaia, Amaiah, Amayah, Ammaya, and Amya (English and Hebrew).

See also the related categories, night (dark), english, rain (dew), japanese, and spanish.

Amaya is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked recently in 2018 with 0.122% of baby girls being named Amaya. It had a ranking of #130 then. Among all girl names in its family, Amaya was the most popular in 2018. Amaya was 7 times more frequently used than the next most popular name, Amayah, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Amaya include Amaia, Aamani, Aamina, Ahmani, Ainhoa, Aiyana, Amami, Amana, Amane, Amani, Amania, Amanya, Amaui, Ameena, Ameenah, Amhuinn, Amiee, Amihan, Amina, and Aminah.

† Pronunciation for Amaya: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"