Amaya

Gender:
Origin: Europe, Japanese, Spanish
61 famous people named Amaya found on Wikipedia.
30634 female, 22 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 130-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 130-th in year 2018
Used in: Basque, Spanish

Meanings

Amaya is a given name and surname of Spanish origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring mountain in Castile and León, Spain. The name of the village, in turn, has Indo-European roots and means "am (ma)" or "mother". The suffix io-ia is also used to form action names or toponyms, implying that the meaning of Amaya or Amaia is "mother city", as it will be called later, "the capital". Other hypothesis is that the name derived from the Proto-Basque or Basque word Amaia, meaning "the end". Variations include Amaia, Amayah, Ammaya, and Amya.
Amaya was one of the main villages of the Cantabri celtic tribes, and played a key role in the Cantabrian wars during the Roman conquest of Hispania, and later, during the Visigothic Kingdom, as the capital of the Duchy of Cantabria. In the first stages of the Reconquista, the city was part of the repopulating efforts of the Kingdom of Asturias in the border region of Bardulia, the primitive territories of Castile.
A Japanese surname Amaya of unrelated origin also exists, "usually written with characters meaning 'heavenly valley'".

Basque origin, means: the end, resolution; Amaya is a historical city in Spain. Means: heavenly valley in Japanese.

Famous People: 61 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Alejandro Amaya 1977 Mexican matador
2 Daisuke Amaya 1977 Japanese independent game developer
3 Carmen Amaya Amaya 1918 Spanish flamenco dancer and singer of Romani origin
4 Carlos Andrés Amaya 1984
5 Amaya Forch 1972 Chilean singer
6 Amaya Uranga 1947 Spanish singer
7 Black Amaya 1950 Argentinian drummer
8 Amaya Saizar 1960 Spanish singer
9 Johanna Amaya 1981
10 Remedios Amaya 1962 Singer
11 Ashraf Amaya 1971 American basketball player
12 Diego Amaya 1985 Colombian association football player
13 Antonio Amaya 1923 Spanish dancer and singer
14 Victor Amaya 1954 US tennis player
15 Jonathon Amaya 1988 American football player
16 Iván Amaya 1978 Spanish footballer
17 Rufina Amaya 1943 Survivor/El Mozote massacre/El Salvador
18 Amaya Valdemoro 1976 Basketball player
19 Luis Amaya 1939 Argentinian guitarist
20 Rafael Amaya 1967 American soccer player-coach
21 Adonis Amaya 1996
22 Mario Abel Amaya 1935 Argentinian lawyer and politician
23 Amaya Salazar 1951 Dominican Republic artist
24 Jesús Álvarez Amaya 1925 Artist
25 Amaya Arzuaga 1970 Spanish fashion designer
26 Raul Amaya 1986 Martial artist
27 José Amaya 1980 Colombian footballer
28 Miguel Alberto Amaya 1964 Footballer
29 Jesús Amaya 1969 Professional golfer
30 José Alexander Amaya 1975 Salvadoran footballer
31 Naohiro Amaya 1925 Japanese politician who served as the head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
32 Juan Gualberto Amaya Mexican military personnel
33 Felipe Enrique Amaya 1988 Salvadoran football player
34 Cristina Amaya 1988 Colombian racquetball player
35 Sohichiro Amaya 1983 Baseball player
36 Amaya Alonso 1989 Spanish paralympic swimmer
37 Jorge Amaya 1970
38 Ariel Amaya Footballer
39 Efraín Amaya 1959 American composer and conductor born in Venezuela in 1959. He earned two bachelor's degrees in composition and piano from Indiana University, and a master’s degree in conducting from Rice University.
40 Dionisia Amaya 1933
41 Ezequiel Guillermo Jesus Amaya 1978 Argentine footballer
42 Luis Heredia Amaya 1920 Spanish sculptor (1920-1985)
43 Elvira de Amaya 1904 Spanish singer and actor
44 Amaya Gastaminza 1991 Spanish professional basketball player
45 Amaya Garbayo 1970 Olympic swimmer
46 Ruben Amaya
47 Mario Amaya 1898 Argentinian actor
48 María de Lourdes Amaya 1980 Mexican politician
49 Franco Amaya 1979 Argentinian association football player
50 César Amaya 1990 Colombian association football player
51 Diego Hernando Amaya 1986 Colombian association football player
52 Jaime Prieto Amaya 1941 Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta, Colombia
53 Lorenzo Amaya 1896 Argentine sports shooter
54 Manuel de Amaya
55 Karime Amaya
56 Andrés Amaya
57 Ramón de Amaya 1783
58 Angelo Amaya 1988
59 Laura Amaya 1976 Badminton player
60 Antonio de Amaya
61 Francisco de Amaya Argentinian jurist