Lamiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-MEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Lamiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Lamiyah mean?
Arabic: variant of Lamia or Lamya
Linked both to Arabic lami'a 'shining' and to lamya, a classical word praising dark, beautiful lips.
Is Lamiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lamiyah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lamiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Lamiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Lamiyah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 68 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lamiyah than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Lamiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lamiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 68 | #2,632 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Lamiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Nusaybah Ayah Ruqayyah Sumayyah Zainab Aafiyah Abeeha Hafsa Safiya Hiba
Names related to Lamiyah
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, “Lamiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamiyah, updated 20 October 2026.