Amaya is a female

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origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring

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.Patrick Hanks, ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' (2003), p. 32. The name of the village, in turn, has Indo-European roots and means "am (ma)" or "mother". The suffix io-ia is also used to form action names or toponyms, implying that the meaning of Amaya or Amaia is "mother city", as it will be called later, "the capital". Another hypothesis is that the name derived from the

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word , meaning "the end".Justin Cord Hayes, ''The Terrible Meanings of Names'' (2013), p. 14. Variations include , Amayah, Ammaya, and Amya. Amaya was one of the main villages of the

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Celtic tribes, and played a key role in the

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during the

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, and later, during the

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, as the capital of the

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. In the first stages of the

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, the city was part of the repopulating efforts of the

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in the border region of

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, the primitive territories of Castile. It became popular in the Basque area after the 1877 novel . In 1939, according to the language politics of Francoist Spain, women named had to change their names to ("Mary End"). In the 1970s, the reasons for prohibition were that it could lead to confusion about gender. It went against good behavior and it was a

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surname. A Japanese surname of unrelated origin also exists, "usually written with characters meaning 'heavenly valley'". People with the name Amaya, as derived from its Spanish origin, include:

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Amaya

Amaya Uranga Amaya Uranga Amezaga (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish singer from Bilbao, best known for the 15 years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades. She is a cousin of director Pablo Berger. Biography Uranga formed Moceda ...

(born 1947), Spanish singer, member of the

folk/pop sextet

Mocedades Mocedades () is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres tú". Since June 2014, ''Mocedades'' has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uran ...

Amaya Salazar Amaya Salazar (born 1951, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Mar ...

(born 1951), Dominican artist *

Amaya Arzuaga Amaya Arzuaga (born in Lerma (Burgos), in 1970), is a Spanish designer. She studied in the UPM and in 1992 she finished Fashion Design and joined her parents' enterprise, Elipse. In 1994, she created her own firm. She sells and shows her colle ...

(born 1970), Spanish fashion designer *

Amaya Garbayo Amaya Garbayo (born 26 March 1970) is a Spanish former swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international ...

(born 1970), Spanish swimmer *

Amaya Forch Amaya Forch Barry (born 5 March 1972) is a Chilean actress and pop singer known for making appearances on various Chilean television programs. After playing in a number of television and theatre productions, Forch began to venture into singin ...

(born 1972), Chilean actress and pop singer *

Amaya Valdemoro Amaya Valdemoro Madariaga (born August 18, 1976, in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former basketball player. She won three Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) championship rings with the Houston Comets, one EuroLeague ...

(born 1976), Spanish basketball player * Amaya Gastaminza (born 1991), Spanish basketball player *

Amaya Alonso Amaya Alonso Álvarez (born 12 January 1989) is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer who has represented her counter at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics. Personal Alonso was born in 1989 in Valladolid. She has almost no vision in her right eye, a ...

(born 1989), Spanish swimmer *

Maja Keuc Maja Keuc (born 16 January 1992), also known as Amaya, is a Slovenian singer. She represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Career Keuc was born on 16 January 1992 in Maribor, Slovenia. During her childhood, she joined the "En ...

(born 1992), Slovenian singer known as Amaya * Amaya Coppens (born 1994) Nicaraguan student activist

Amaia

* Amaia Andrés (born 1966), Spanish middle-distance runner *

Amaia Piedra Amaia Piedra (born 2 June 1972 in Bilbao) is a retired Spanish athlete who specialized in long-distance running. She finished ninth over 3000 metres at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham in an indoor personal best time of 8:59. ...

(born 1972), Spanish athlete who specialized in long-distance running *

Amaia Montero Amaia Montero Saldías (; born 26 August 1976) is a Spanish singer and songwriter mainly known as the former vocalist of the Spanish pop-band La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007. Amaia has sung in a variety of languages, including Basqu ...

(born 1976), Spanish Basque singer/songwriter, formerly part of the Spanish pop-band La Oreja de Van Gogh *

Amaia Olabarrieta Amaia Olabarrieta Elordui (born 28 July 1982) is a Spanish former footballer who played for Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team. An anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained in March 2014 eventually brought about Olabarrieta's reti ...

(born 1982), Spanish football player *

Amaia Salamanca Amaia Salamanca Urízar (born 28 March 1986) is a Spanish actress, best known for her role as Catalina Marcos in the Spanish version of the Colombian TV series '' Sin tetas no hay paraíso'' and as Alicia Alarcón in series '' Gran Hotel''. Bio ...

(born 1986), Spanish actress *

Amaia González de Garibay Amaya is a female given name and surname of Spanish origins, derived from the village of Amaya and its neighboring mountain in Castile and León, Spain.Patrick Hanks, ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' (2003), p. 32. The name of the village, i ...

(born 1994), Spanish handball player * Amaia Erbina (born 1997), Spanish rugby sevens player * Amaia Peña (born 1998), Spanish footballer *

Amaia Romero Amaia Romero Arbizu (born 3 January 1999), known mononymously as Amaia, is a Spanish singer-songwriter, pianist and actress. After participating in many talent shows, she gained national recognition after winning series nine of musical televi ...

(born 1999), Spanish singer, representing Spain in Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as a duo Amaia y Alfred

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Amaya (surname) Amaya is a surname found in the Japanese and Spanish languages. Notable people with the surname include: People with Japanese-language surname *, Japanese politician *, Japanese software developer *, Japanese baseball player People with Spanish-l ...

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