Ama

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ãmä in DZ Algeria, Ãmã in MA Morocco and A'Ma in IR Iran.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ama is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name11K records spelled Ama11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ghana, Nigeria

  Also written Ăma, Amà, Amá, Ãmã, Ãma

• Indonesian given name6.1K records spelled Ama18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, United States, Ghana

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ämã, Ämä, Ama', Äma, Ämâ

• Vietnamese given name4.2K records spelled Ama3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Vietnam, United States, Ghana

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Ãmã

• a separate given name3.5K records spelled Ama4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ghana, United Kingdom

  Also written Áma, Āma, Âmâ

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ama is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Happy

  as a name·The book of African names

• Born on Saturday

  as a name·The book of African names

• In English, A mother

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Arabic, female slave, servant. 4. js Wage ie, as i. "A believing slave girl is better than an idolatress." (surat al- Baqarah 2:221). See Kaniz ».:S, female slave

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Akan, n-y o-d c [ade a wgde ye omah na aye yiye] good manners: morality, civilization. — o-miiii-y ^i'o, a good, quiet, considerate citi- zen, onipa a oye omah yiye, ope asem a ema omah mu d wo. pr. 2020. — a m a 11 y o - m m a r a, constitution ; h y e am., to give or agree upon a constitution. — amany Q-sem, politics

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 97 years between 1885–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ama Bame Busiab. 1936GHGhanaian politician
• Ama Quiambaob. 1947PHFilipino film, television, and theater actress (1947-2013)
• Ama Benyiwa-Doeb. 1950GHGhanaian politician
• Ama Tutu Munab. 1960CMCameroonian politician
• Ama K. Abebreseb. 1980GHGhanaian Actress, television presenter, producer.
• Floyd Ayitéb. 1988FRnot in their usual nameTogolese-French footballer (born 1988)
• Ama Ampofob. 1991GHGhanaian actress
• Amaaraeb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican- Ghanaian singer-songwriter
• Ama Loub. 1998GBEnglish singer-songwriter
• Moliyb. 2001GHnot in their usual nameGhanaian-American singer (born 2001)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 401 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ama?

We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Ama (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Ama have the most bearers?

Ama is most frequently recorded in Ghana, where it is most often spelled ama.

How common is Ama compared with other names?

In Ghana, Ama is the 76th most common given name of 14,190 given names recorded there.

Is Ama a male or female name?

Ama is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Ama mean?

Recorded meaning: Akan (Ghana): female name for a girl born on Saturday.