Lama is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “domesticated llama.” In 2024 it was given to 10 girls in the United States.
Lama belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “domesticated llama” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lama first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5582 in 1994, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 507 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Lama means “domesticated llama” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Lama is a girl name. In 2024, 10 babies received the name in the US.
Lama comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Lama first appears in US records in 1978. Its best-ever ranking was #5582 in 1994, and 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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