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Tamyia
How to Pronounce Tamyia
Pronounced tuh-MY-uh /təˈmaɪ.ə/Medium
Meaning: Tamyia is a respelling of Tamia, a modern name popularized by the R&B singer Tamia and sometimes connected to an Arabic or Swahili word associated with the palm tree. The extra y stretches the same sound.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Tamyia is an elaborated spelling of Tamia, a name that rose in African-American naming and gained visibility through the Canadian R&B singer Tamia in the nineteen-nineties. Tamia is sometimes linked to an Arabic or Swahili word associated with palm trees, though it was often chosen simply for its flowing sound; Tamyia keeps that reading.
This spelling was always rare, given to only a few dozen girls a year around its peak in the mid two-thousands. A girl named Tamyia then is still young today, so the name reads as a recent respelling of a modern favorite rather than a vintage revival.
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What does the name Tamyia mean?
Tamyia is a respelling of Tamia, a modern name sometimes linked to a word for 'palm tree'.
How do you pronounce Tamyia?
It's said tuh-MY-uh /təˈmaɪ.ə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Tamyia a boy or girl name?
Tamyia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tamyia?
Tamyia has always been rare, a respelling of the modern name Tamia.