Given name
Yamah
“from the mountain”
Yamah is a variant of Yama. One Japanese interpretation is “from the mountain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yamah is a variant of Yama. One Japanese interpretation is “from the mountain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yamah is a variant of Yama. An origin associated with Yama is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Proto-Iranian *yamHáh (“Yama; twin, pair”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yamás (“pair, twin”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Yamah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.