# Amaya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #48,053

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Spanish borrowed from Spanish in the 1990s.

## Etymology
Heroine of a Spanish historical novel Amaya o los vascos del siglo VIII (1877) by F. Navarro Villoslada, explained as Basque amai (“the end”).

## Easily confused with
- **Amy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amy)
- **aya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-aya)
- **away** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-away)
- **Arya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-arya)
- **Anya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-anya)
- **amma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amma)
- **amaze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amaze)
- **Ayala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-ayala)
- **amiga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amiga)
- **Amina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amina)
- **Asada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-asada)
- **Amira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-amira)
- **aways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-aways)
- **armada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amaya-vs-armada)
- **AAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aaa-vs-amaya)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ama-vs-amaya)
- **Ajay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ajay-vs-amaya)
- **Amar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amar-vs-amaya)
- **Amal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amal-vs-amaya)
- **Alana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alana-vs-amaya)

## Common misspellings (6)
`aamya`, `amaay`, `amayya`, `ammaya`, `amyaa`, `maaya`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amaya