Amaya Family History

Basque: habitational name from Amaya, the name of a village in the province of Burgos (where Basque was still spoken during the early Middle Ages), probably named from the Castilianized form of Basque amai ‘end’ + the definite article -a.

Japanese: usually written 天谷 ‘heavenly valley’. It is pronounced Amaya or Amagai in eastern Japan and Amatani in western Japan.

Another version is 天矢 ‘heavenly arrow’.