Entry № 495 · Igbo origin

Amaka Amaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-MAH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Igbo
Meaning
"Beautiful (Igbo Nigerian heritage)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Igbo)

A name that means "beautiful (igbo nigerian heritage)".

Amaka is from the Igbo Chiamaka (God is beautiful) — short form. Amaka Imani Nkosazana Hall — American writer. Amaka Nwabunike — modern American figure.

Beautiful (Igbo). Short form of Chiamaka (God is beautiful); Amaka Igwe pioneered Nollywood cinema.

The name in its native script.

Amaka
Transliteration
Amaka
Pronunciation
/ ɑːˈmɑː.kɑː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Amaka stands.

Amaka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Amakas before her.

Real people
Amaka Igwe
Nigerian Nollywood filmmaker.
1963 – 2014
In fiction
Amaka
Igbo for beautiful.

Names connected to Amaka.

The number behind Amaka.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Amaka reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.