Amiya
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A bright shining light
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/æmiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Amiya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 32Kas Amiyah(measured from records)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 59K
- CUCuba≈1 in 373K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Amiya itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 189 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)
10,530 named Amiyah, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A bright shining light
Sources 1
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Where in the world(measured from records)
Amiya counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 10,530as Amiyah | 1 in 32K | 11K | Amiya | 189 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Amiya | 28 |
| CN China | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 830K | — | Amiya | 3 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 621K | — | Amiya | 19 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 531K | — | Amiya | 11 |
| CU Cuba | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 373K | — | Amiya | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | 16 | 1 in 1.1M | 16 | Amiya | 3 |
| GY Guyana | 2 | 1 in 375K | 2 | — | 1 |
10,530 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling amiyah. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Amiya Chakravartyb. 1912INIndian film director, screenwriter and producer (1912–1957)
- Amiya Duttb. 1918BDBengali freedom fighter and social worker
- Amiya Pujarib. 1948INIndian scientist (1948-2003)
- Amiya Kumar Mallickb. 1992INIndian track and field athlete
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.9K | #3,489 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 484 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 467 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 443 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 441 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 440 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 424 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 405 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 397 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 389 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 389 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 111 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Amiya mean, and where does it come from?
- A bright shining light Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- Is Amiya a male or female name?
- Amiya is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Amiya?
- A machine transcription gives /æmiə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Amiya have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Amiyah, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Amiya?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 16 people named Amiya, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
What do you want to know about Amiya?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/amiyaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Amiya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.