Amiya

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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Indian, African American
Other Forms FormsAmia, Amiyah, Aamiyah, Aamiya, Amiyaah, Amiyyah
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.keepitreal on 1/5/2011
Last Editor EditorLMS on 10/21/2016  [revision history]

Meaning & History

Possibly derived from the Sanskrit word amaya (अमाय) meaning "free from deceit, guileless". May also be a variant of AMAYA.

A noted bearer is Amiya Chandra Chakravarty (1901-1986), an Indian literary critic, academic and Bengali poet.