Girl · Basque or Iberian place-name (disputed)
Amaia
Say it: ah-MAI-ah
Meaning
Linked both to Basque amaia 'the end' and to the ancient hill-town of Amaya in Burgos; whether the place-name comes from the Basque word is unproven. Navarro Villoslada's novel Amaya (1877) popularized it as a name.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 3,042 babies given this name since 1993
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 3,100 girls
- 520 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Amaya
Famous bearers
- Amaia Montero, Spanish singer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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