Lamiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-MEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lamiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lamiya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Lamiyah, itself a variant of Lamia or Lamya
Linked both to Arabic lami'a 'shining' and to lamya, a classical word praising dark, beautiful lips.
Meaning borrowed from Lamiyah.
Is Lamiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lamiya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lamiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Lamiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Lamiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lamiya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lamiya than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Lamiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 41 | #3,847 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Lamiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Safiya Zainab Hafsa Hiba Ayah Sumayyah Amira Abeeha Khadija Nusaybah
Names related to Lamiya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Lamiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamiya, updated 20 October 2026.