I like it, and though I prefer the pronunciation ah-MAY-ah, I suppose it's really pronounced ah-MIE-ah (which isn't so bad at all), and so I'll try and start to pronounce it that way.
I am a little fearful that
Amaya's popularity will set off a Japanese Names Trend, like the Irish Names Trend. And we've all seen how Irish names have been butchered...
Miranda