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Ameyah
How to Pronounce Ameyah
Pronounced uh-MY-uh /əˈmaɪ.ə/Medium
Meaning: Ameyah is a modern spelling of Amaya (or Amiah), a name with several routes: a Japanese reading 'night rain,' a Basque place name, and use as an elaboration of Amy or Mia. The routes are uncertain, which we note.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Ameyah is a contemporary respelling of Amaya, a name that rose sharply for American girls after 2000. Amaya itself draws on a Japanese reading, a Basque place name, and the fashion for -aya/-iah endings on names like Amiah and Mariah. Ameyah trails that trend in United States birth records from the early two-thousands.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high in the early twenty-tens, so an Ameyah from that peak is a teenager today. It reads as a modern, multi-route respelling rather than a single-origin name.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Ameyah mean?
It is a variant of Amaya, read by one route as 'night rain' (Japanese); the routes are uncertain, which we note.
How do you pronounce Ameyah?
It's said uh-MY-uh /əˈmaɪ.ə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Ameyah a boy or girl name?
Ameyah is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Ameyah?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early twenty-tens.