Amiah is a modern American name, usually read as a respelling of Amaya or Amya. Depending on the source it is given the meaning "night rain", from the Japanese Amaya, or "beloved", through its echo of Amy, so the name is best described as a sound-driven coinage. Amiah entered the top 1000 at number 974 in 2008, its only year there, and ranks number 1484 in 2025.