Comments for AMAYA:

It's beautiful.

-- Anonymous User  12/17/2005

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.

-- abbasdaughter  12/26/2005

Wow, I think that Amaya is beautiful. It sounds splendid and makes me truly think of the night rain.

-- kmadarasz  12/26/2005

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!

-- bschoer10  6/23/2006

I think it's beautiful. Not only does it look and sound gorgeous, but I absolutely LOVE the meaning.

-- trayc53  7/17/2006

I absolutely LOVE this name. I also love it's meaning, it's so lovely.

-- Anonymous User  7/21/2006

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.

-- Anonymous User  7/26/2006

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful meaning, I shall be using this name.

-- Nobody  9/1/2006

Amaya is a beautiful elegant name. I have seen the name Amayah and it said it means close to God.

-- Anonymous User  9/6/2006

This is very pretty. But it doesn't seem Japanese to me.

-- Veronica Mikal  9/11/2006

This is a female name in "Euskera", the language of the Basque Country (Euskalerria). Means "the begining of the end".

-- cesar81  10/11/2006

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]

-- SSF  10/13/2006

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.

-- Taydbug112  12/13/2006

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.

-- Anonymous User  4/28/2007

My mom's friend's granddaughter has this name. Yes, it is pronounced ah-mye-ah.

-- Brianna Angela  6/29/2007

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!

-- rhiannon4  9/24/2007

Amaya also from Japanese origin meaning, "night rain".

-- Dravinus  10/17/2007

In Japanese it also means 'night rain'.

-- Anonymous User  1/4/2008

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.

-- Anonymous User  10/31/2008

Pronounced A-My-Ah (Spanish).

-- Anonymous User  2/15/2009

Amaya means free spirited and reality.

-- sugarpuff98  2/15/2009

It is also Japanese.

-- Anonymous User  5/27/2009

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