Alaia

Where Alaia comes from

Borrowed in the 21st century from Basque Alaia, from alai (“joyful”). For earlier use among English-speakers, compare Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ('alīyá, “ascent”), Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya, “high, exalted”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Alaia
  • Basque
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1986
    First appearance
    #9,545 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Alaia Martin Etxebeste born
    bertsolari
  3. 2024
    Peak, #112
    2,429 babies named Alaia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Basque.
Namesakes
  • Alaia Martin Etxebeste · bertsolari, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.