Given name
Amma
“born on a Saturday”
Amma is a variant of Ama. One African interpretation is “born on a Saturday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amma is a variant of Ama. One African interpretation is “born on a Saturday.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amma is a variant of Ama. An origin associated with Ama is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 579
- 0 boys · 579 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,500 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,500 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 741 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amma’s family of names
In Greenlandic usage, Amma has a conventional equivalent in the English form Amelia. Amma has a related form in Ama. In Greenlandic usage, Amma was borrowed from the Danish form Amalie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Amma has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Amma
- Amma DarkoGhanaian writerborn 1956
- Amma AsanteBritish actor and film director (born 1969)
- Karthyayani AmmaIndian celebrity born about 19241922–2023
- Amma AsanteGhanaian-Dutch former politicianborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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