Amma has several meanings:

As an acronym Amma or AMMA may mean:

• African Monsoon Multidisciplanry Analyses
• Association of Malayalam Movie Artists
• All Malaysia Malayalee Association
• American Medical Marijuana Association
• American Medical Massage Association

As a name:

• Amma means mother in Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani, Telugu, Kannada, Sinhalese, Bengali, Basque and some Sino-Tibetan languages
• Amma means grandmother in the Icelandic language
• It is also used to address elderly women as a sign of respect.
• In Ghana, girls who are born on a Saturday are named Amma (sometimes spelt Ama), meaning "Saturday born".

Several individuals are known as Amma:

• Bangaru Adigalar (born March 3rd, 1941), a Spiritual Guru from Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Mata Amritanandamayi (born 1953), an Indian spiritual leader; she is also known as "the hugging saint"
• Sri Karunamayi (born 1958), an Indian spiritual leader, affectionately called "Amma" by her devotees.
• Mathrusri Anasuyadevi (1923–1985), an Indian spiritual leader, known as Amma, Jillellamudi
• Jayalalithaa Jayaram (born 1948), a Tamil Nadu politician
• Ammas refers to a website Ammas.com, which was founded in 1997 and began as a community of online mothers. It is now a popular knowledge trading site used mostly by South Asians.

Amma may also refer to:

• Amma, the supreme creator according to the Dogon people of Mali (see also Fonio)
• Amma, the ancestress of the thralls or serfs in Norse mythology (see Ríg)
• Amma, an ancient Chinese phrase for "push-pull", usually referring to massage or Asian Bodywork Therapy.

As a title, Amma usually means mother in East Asian countries.

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