Lamya
Lamya Al-Mugheiry, better known as her mononym Lamya, was a Kenyan-born English singer-songwriter and record producer. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the lead singers of R&B group Soul II Soul, and later as a backing singer for Duran Duran. In 2002, she released her debut album Learning from Falling, which spawned the number 1 Dance chart single "Empires ".
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Lamya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lamya Al-Mugheiry, better known as her mononym Lamya, was a Kenyan-born English singer-songwriter and record producer. She rose to fame in the early 1990s as one of the lead singers of R&B group Soul II Soul, and later as a backing singer for Duran Duran. In 2002, she released her debut album Learning from Falling, which spawned the number 1 Dance chart single "Empires ".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Lamya
Lamya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1981, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 162 Lamyas were born — ranking #1,452 that year. As of 2026, Lamya ranks #9,114 for baby girls with 9 births, falling sharply (-56%). In total, more than 2K Lamyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lamya
Lamya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Lamya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #1,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Lamya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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