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The first name 
Tamiyah

Tamiyah is a female first name.

When two girls called Tamiyah meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Tamiyah is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 3 out of 100,000 girls have been named Tamiyah. In the SmartGenius ranking, Tamiyah is #3,220 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Tamiyah.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Tamiyah

Tamiyah -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Tamiyah are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Tamiyah is registered in 14 states, among which are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois or Michigan. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Tamiyah live in Florida, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 48,140 would turn around if you called the name Tamiyah across Florida.

Tamiyah has 7 letters 
and begins with a T

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter T is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. Because: 6.3% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A, S and M.

With seven letters, the name Tamiyah has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

With 6.3% of all girls' names that begin with a T, this first letter is thus much more common than all 26 letters on average - and the most popular one of all the girls’ names starting with T is Teresa.

Other names with 
T, a, m, i, y, a and h

If you take all the letters in the name Tamiyah – T, a, m, i, y, a and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Tamyiah or Timayah.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Tamiyah

If your name is Tamiyah and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Tamiyah

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Tamiyah, you can simply say:

Tiger

Apple

Mouse

Igloo

Yoyo

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Tamiyah is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Tamiyah in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Tamiyah

Tamiyah

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Tamiyah

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Tamiyah is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

T
A
M
I
Y
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Tamiyah

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

T
A
M
I
Y
A
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Tamiyah sounds like this: