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I have a cousin named Amaya Jade. I like the uniqueness and exotic vibe of her name.

My daughter's name is Amaya Skye.

My daughter's name is Amaya Leilani

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Nicknames for Amaya

Ama, Maya, May,Mymy

Meanings and history of the name Amaya

Spanish/Basque for "a high place"
Japanese for "night rain"
Aymara Culture in South America for “Beloved Daughter”

Famous real-life people named Amaya

Amaya Brecher, from MTV's Real World: Hawaii
Amaya Josephine Hermann (b. 2011), daughter of American actress Mariska Hargitay

Amaya in song, story & screen

Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII (Amaya, or the Basques in the eighth century) is a Romantic historical novel published in 1879 by Francisco Navarro-Villoslada, probably the most famous novel by a Navarrese author. The story is placed during the invasion of Visigothic Spain by the Moors.