Lamiah
Meaning of Lamiah
Lamiah, a feminine given name, occupies a distinct niche within contemporary Anglo-American nomenclature, its etymology anchored primarily in the Arabic triliteral root L-M-Y—signifying “dark-lipped” or “lustrous mouth”—while occasional, less substantiated parallels have been drawn to minor Hebrew-biblical onomastic elements. In English it is rendered as luh-MY-uh (/ləˈmaɪə/), conforming to a trochaic stress pattern that ensures phonological clarity across dialects. Analysis of United States Social Security Administration data from 1997 through 2024 reveals annual occurrences varying between five and thirty births and corresponding ranks from 862 to 975, a distribution that attests to Lamiah’s consistent yet restrained presence in the national naming lexicon. The name’s confluence of technical semantic precision, measured rarity and cross-cultural resonance renders it particularly suited to parents who value both distinctiveness and etymological substance.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as luh-MY-uh (/ləˈmaɪə/)
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