Aliya

Where Aliya comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aliya.

  • Vowel-ended
Aliya through the years
  1. 1925
    Aliya Moldagulova born
    Soviet Kazakh sniper and Heroine of the Soviet Union
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,789 among girls with 16 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1980
    Aliya Nazarbayeva born
    Kazakh businesswoman
  4. 2012
    Peak, #598
    483 babies named Aliya, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Aliya Moldagulova · Soviet Kazakh sniper and Heroine of the Soviet Union, 1925–1944
  • Aliya Nazarbayeva · Kazakh businesswoman, born 1980
  • Aliya Garayeva · Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnast, born 1988
  • Aliya Yussupova · Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast, born 1984
  • Aliya Kamran · politician in Pakistan

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