Lamya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “Dark lips.” In 2024 it was given to 8 girls in the United States.
Lamya at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“Dark lips”
About the name Lamya
Lamya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “Dark lips” — 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, Lamya first appears in Social Security records in 1981. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1452 in 2007, and in 2024 8 babies received the name — 2,032 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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