Girl · Modern American coinage
Tamia
Say it: tah-MEE-ah
Meaning
A modern African American coinage, perhaps related to Tamika or Tamara.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 12,390 babies given this name since 1947
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 2,200 girls
- 120 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tamiya
Famous bearers
- Tamia, Canadian singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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