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Variant English Pronunciation: ə-MAY-ə.
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Amaya is the name of the character in the Samaya and Amaya book series.
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Is a very pretty name when pronounced as uh may uh. I know that it is thought of as proper to be pronounced as uh my uh but I don't like it that way. This name should be pronounced as uh may uh and if you want the pronunciation to be uh my uh then spell it differently. Here are some alternate spellings for Amaya when pronounced as uh my uh.
Amya
Amyah
Amiya
Amiyah.
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Amya
Amyah
Amiya
Amiyah.
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General Amaya is a character in the animated series The Dragon Prince.
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Amaya means Goddess of Nature; Night's Rain. Its okay but I prefer Maya. Amaya sounds made up.
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Gender: Feminine
Usages: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: ə-MIE-ə
Meaning: Invented name, created by combining the popular prefix of A with the popular name Maya. It may also be related to the Basque name Amaia/Amaya. Some sources also describe Amaya as a Japanese name meaning "night rain," essentially a combination of Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night," though evidence points to this particular form being used as a surname only.
From Japanese Amaya entry:
https://jisho.org/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Amaya%22+%22Japanese%22&t=canonical&ia=web
https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=r6u&channel=fs&ei=7HLkXIOtL8iM1fAPxf6byAU&q=%22%E9%9B%A8%E5%A4%9C%22+%22%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%22+pdf+%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA&oq=%22%E9%9B%A8%E5%A4%9C%22+%22%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%22+pdf+%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA&gs_l=psy-ab.3...17333.17333..17681...0.0..0.98.98.1...0...2j1..gws-wiz.fJmtlG46cJo (results for 雨夜)
http://www.namaejiten.com/ (http://web.archive.org/web/20110911211504/http://www.namaejiten.com/h05/name06.html - one born in 1993, has Japanese surname)
PDF example: http://www.jaaf-okinawa.jp/photo/20190421164227.pdf (page 5) (YT video from 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDdfuSg8MeU, the girl that is in the PDF is mixed race - likely that in this case, it stems from the English entry, though I do doubt it's the same for the first example)
(Information from name #118329 originally submitted by user SayuriYamada)
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Usages: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: ə-MIE-ə
Meaning: Invented name, created by combining the popular prefix of A with the popular name Maya. It may also be related to the Basque name Amaia/Amaya. Some sources also describe Amaya as a Japanese name meaning "night rain," essentially a combination of Japanese 雨 (ama) meaning "rain" and Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night," though evidence points to this particular form being used as a surname only.
From Japanese Amaya entry:
https://jisho.org/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Amaya%22+%22Japanese%22&t=canonical&ia=web
https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&hs=r6u&channel=fs&ei=7HLkXIOtL8iM1fAPxf6byAU&q=%22%E9%9B%A8%E5%A4%9C%22+%22%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%22+pdf+%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA&oq=%22%E9%9B%A8%E5%A4%9C%22+%22%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A4%22+pdf+%E3%81%B5%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA&gs_l=psy-ab.3...17333.17333..17681...0.0..0.98.98.1...0...2j1..gws-wiz.fJmtlG46cJo (results for 雨夜)
http://www.namaejiten.com/ (http://web.archive.org/web/20110911211504/http://www.namaejiten.com/h05/name06.html - one born in 1993, has Japanese surname)
PDF example: http://www.jaaf-okinawa.jp/photo/20190421164227.pdf (page 5) (YT video from 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDdfuSg8MeU, the girl that is in the PDF is mixed race - likely that in this case, it stems from the English entry, though I do doubt it's the same for the first example)
(Information from name #118329 originally submitted by user SayuriYamada)
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I really like this name, personally. It has a lot of spunk to it.
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Amaya is a very beautiful name. I don't know how anyone could hate it. It's not overly common either.
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Stunning name.
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Dislike. This sounds made up.
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I find this name interesting and pretty!
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Good meaning.
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Ignore the commenter below me. Amaya is a terrible name. It is like "A Maya".
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I've always pronounced my name as a-may-a. I was told by my mother that this particular pronunciation is Comanche (Native-American tribe from the Great Plains) for Angel. Many people try to pronounce it using Spanish pronunciation rules, and they say a-my-a.
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I love this name.
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Amaya is not used as a given name in Japan.
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Amaya means Night Rain in Japanese. I love this name, I think it's pretty.
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Beautiful. I prefer this to Maya.
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Amaya is the name of one of the countries/continents within the World of Erdas in the Spirit Animals book series.
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I think this name is really pretty but I like Maya a little better. My sister calls it “made-up” which I think is pretty rude. I think she says it because she’s only used to names like Abigail and Lillian and she hates names like Aaliyah/Alia, Amaya, Alina, Adina, etc. Amaya is really pretty.
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Amaya is a popular name in Spanish-speaking countries. It derives from the Basque name Amaia.
Popular namesakes include Amaya Salazar, a Dominican artist (born 1951), Amaya Forch, a Chilean actress and pop singer (born 1972), Amaya Uranga, a Spanish singer (born 1947) and Amaya Valdemoro, a Spanish basketball player (born 1976).
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Popular namesakes include Amaya Salazar, a Dominican artist (born 1951), Amaya Forch, a Chilean actress and pop singer (born 1972), Amaya Uranga, a Spanish singer (born 1947) and Amaya Valdemoro, a Spanish basketball player (born 1976).
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Notes from Perrine/Destry's edit to the Japanese Amaya entry:
It seems to be common in Spain, even though Amaia is more popular. There are famous women named Amaya from Spain. The oldest was born in 1947, the youngest in 1992 (given name). It also seems to be a popular Spanish surname as well as given name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaya_(Spanish-language_name)
There is also a village named Amaya in Spain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaya_(Burgos)
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It seems to be common in Spain, even though Amaia is more popular. There are famous women named Amaya from Spain. The oldest was born in 1947, the youngest in 1992 (given name). It also seems to be a popular Spanish surname as well as given name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaya_(Spanish-language_name)
There is also a village named Amaya in Spain:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaya_(Burgos)
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Apparently this is a very uncommon name in the U.K. My cousin lives there and was shocked when I told her that I know at least 5 Amayas'. She said people always pronounce it Uh-MAY-uh.
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Thank for the information on my name but wouldn't the meaning and origin of the name depend the spelling of it?
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I dislike Maya, because it feels inherently juvenile to me (like Josh). I don’t know why, but slapping an A in front of Maya to make Amaya solves everything. I love Amaya.
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My name is Amaya and I'm Irish and Dutch.
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My name is Amaya! It is pronounced Uh-MY-Uh. People usually get it right, although sometimes some people say uh-MAY-uh. It's Japanese and means something about rain. My middle name is Leila, pronounced like Layla, and means something about a river. I'm pretty sure it's Hungarian. Believe it or not, I'm not Asian! LOL
I love my name, I think it's beautiful and unique. I've met someone before who had my same name (first, middle, and last!) and she was also mixed and plays volleyball and basketball with me. Actually, I've been to 5 different schools and each time there's someone with at least the same first name.
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I love my name, I think it's beautiful and unique. I've met someone before who had my same name (first, middle, and last!) and she was also mixed and plays volleyball and basketball with me. Actually, I've been to 5 different schools and each time there's someone with at least the same first name.
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My name is indeed Amaya. The way I pronounce my name is "UH-MY-UH", or "AH-MY-AH". People usually say it the wrong way, as "A-mie-a, or "A-mi-uh", but that is wrong. There is different ways to actually say it, but I just stick with one.
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アマヤ are the Japanese characters for Amaya and 夜雨 are the characters for night rain.
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The name Amaya is a Japanese name meaning night rain. This information can be found in a book called "Baby Names Around the World".
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My last name is Amaya and it is pronounced Ah-mai (sounds like "hi") -ah.
Been told many times it is Japanese.
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Been told many times it is Japanese.
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My name is Amaya. The "a" makes the short "a" sound the "ma" sounds like "my" then ya stays like ya. So all together it sounds like amyya.
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My name is Amaya and it is pronounced aMAYa.
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I love the name Amaya. It's amazing how it has Japanese origin! :D.
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Okay, so the name "Amaya" is indeed Japanese for "Night Rain". It is pronounced "A-Mah-yah", the "a"s make a long "a" sound, not short. Amaya also has it's own kanji "雨夜", just because it means yoru Ame, the name does not need to be grammatically correct. The same idea applies to virtually all kanji compounds as well. Take for example, 新聞 [shin-bun], which means newspaper. 新 means new, and 聞 means hear. If you put the meanings of "new" and "hear" together, we intuitively derive the meaning "news". As you can see, there is no mechanical or grammatical way to derive this meaning.
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Amaya is the name of a 1920 opera by Spanish Basque composer Jesús Guridi. It was based on the 1879 historical novel "Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII" (Amaya, or the Basques in the 8th century) by Spanish Navarrese author Francisco Navarro Villoslada. The story is of a Christian woman, Amaya, who lived during the invasion of Visigothic Spain by the Moors. The name is derived from Amaia, Basque for "the end". Other Basque names from the book, like the feminine Amagoia (or Amagoya in Spanish) and the masculine Aitor were popularised in Spain because of the novel.
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On Amaya being a Japanese name, I have never heard the character for "rain" being read as "ama". It's "ame", pronounced ah-MEH, and if that reading does indeed exist it seems quite rare. I've never encountered the name in a Japanese context; if it does exist, it's most likely a newly created name in the language.
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A cast member of The Real World: Hawaii was named Amaya. The show aired in 1999 and could be the first popular source of this name.
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I don't see why some people are doubting that the Japanese name Amaya exists. The kanji for it are "雨夜", they do indeed mean "night rain" and in combination they are pronounced Amaya. (Source: WWWJDIC.) A Google search on the kanji will turn up several actual examples of the name in use. Maybe an uncommon name, but not a fictitious one.
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I've only heard it pronounced A-Mye-Ah. When I was working as a waitress, two of the guys wives were pregnant and due at the same time. Both of them, without even knowing it, named their daughters Amaya. I'd never heard the name up to that point and then two acquaintances named their daughters this at the same time. It was weird.
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It is also Japanese.
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Pronounced A-My-Ah (Spanish).
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Amaya means free spirited and reality.
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This is NOT a Japanese name. It also doesn't have any meaning in Japanese. It doesn't even sound much like the Japanese words for "night" and "rain". Somebody made that up because he thought it sounded kind of close to these words (but it actually doesn't sound much like them) and hasn't been used in Japan at all.
This derives it from Amaia which means "the end". It has already been corrected on this site.
Kind of funny because I guess one of the reasons why it became common is because people liked the false meaning that had been added everywhere.
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This derives it from Amaia which means "the end". It has already been corrected on this site.
Kind of funny because I guess one of the reasons why it became common is because people liked the false meaning that had been added everywhere.
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In Japanese it also means 'night rain'.
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Amaya also from Japanese origin meaning, "night rain".
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I think this name is beautiful, but I think it can be pronounced A-mye-ah or A-may-ah. I would pronounce it A-mye-ah. Lovely!
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My mom's friend's granddaughter has this name. Yes, it is pronounced ah-mye-ah.
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In the game The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, there is a lake called Lake Amaya. Also at some point, someone leaves the player a note under the codename Amaya. Nice name.
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I love this name! If you take off the A at the very beginning, and the A at the very end, it spells May. This would be a great name for someone who was born in the month of May.
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The name is of Basque origin. In addition to meaning "the end" in Basque, Amaya is a historical city in Spain.
The name is not a true name in Japan but looks as if someone combined Ame (rain) and yoru (night) to come up with it.
[noted -ed]
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The name is not a true name in Japan but looks as if someone combined Ame (rain) and yoru (night) to come up with it.
[noted -ed]
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This is a female name in "Euskera", the language of the Basque Country (Euskalerria). Means "the begining of the end".
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This is very pretty. But it doesn't seem Japanese to me.
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Amaya is a beautiful elegant name. I have seen the name Amayah and it said it means close to God.
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Absolutely beautiful, wonderful meaning, I shall be using this name.
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I love this name. Its meaning is also beautiful. And in response to the person who wrote the pronunciation, I pronounced it ah-mie-ah from the start.
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I absolutely LOVE this name. I also love it's meaning, it's so lovely.
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I think it's beautiful. Not only does it look and sound gorgeous, but I absolutely LOVE the meaning.
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People probably automatically assume that this name is pronounced "ah-MAY-ah". Well, judging by the spelling (and my prior knowledge of Japanese), I think this name is most likely pronounced "ah-MYE-ah". Thanks!
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Don't think I've ever met a Japanese person named Amaya. Not in my years in Japan anyway. Maybe it's not so common there now or is a regional thing.
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Wow, I think that Amaya is beautiful. It sounds splendid and makes me truly think of the night rain.
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It's beautiful.
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