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Kimiya
How to Pronounce Kimiya
Pronounced kih-MEE-uh /kɪˈmiːə/Medium
Meaning: Kimiya is a Persian name from kimiya, meaning alchemy or the elixir of life, and by extension something rare, precious, and transformative. It is a graceful heritage name carrying a poetic sense of value.Medium
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
Kimiya is a Persian name from kimiya, meaning alchemy or the elixir of life. In Persian poetry the word came to describe anything wonderfully rare and precious, as if transformed to gold. It arrives in United States records with Iranian and Persian-heritage families from the late 1980s and stayed rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its late-2000s high.
A Kimiya from that late-2000s high is still young, in her teens or twenties. In the United States it remains a heritage name treasured within Persian families, its meaning of something rare and precious making it especially poetic.
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What does the name Kimiya mean?
It is a Persian name from kimiya, meaning alchemy or elixir, and by extension something rare and precious.
How do you pronounce Kimiya?
It's said kih-MEE-uh /kɪˈmiːə/, three syllables.
Is Kimiya a boy or girl name?
Kimiya is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Kimiya?
It has always been rare in the United States, a Persian heritage name given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the late two-thousands.