Lamiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LAA-mee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lamiah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shining, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lamiah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Lamia; Arabic lami'a
“shining, radiant”
Unrelated to the Greek Lamia, a queen turned monster in myth and the serpent-woman of Keats's poem Lamia.
Meaning borrowed from Lamia.
Is Lamiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lamiah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lamiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Lamiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lamiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Lamiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Lamiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Ayah Ruqayyah Hafsa Abeeha Safiya Hiba Aaminah
Names related to Lamiah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lamiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamiah, updated 20 October 2026.