Amayah is a distinctive girls' name in England & Wales, ranking #625 in 2015 with 66 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2023 with 142 births ranking #306. In 2015, approximately 1 in every 4,666 girls born was named Amayah. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Amayah is a modern variant of Amaya. Through Amaya and Amaia, it is linked with the Basque meaning the end, though most parents will meet it first as a contemporary spelling style.
This spelling reflects the recent popularity of -yah and -iah endings in girls’ names. Even so, its strongest documented route still leads back to Amaya rather than to a separate root.