Chaya

Where Chaya comes from

From Hebrew חַיָּה (ḥayyā, “living”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Chaya
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,706 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Chaya Czernowin born
    Israeli composer and academic
  3. 1976
    Chaya Singh born
    Indian actress
  4. 2025
    Peak, #587
    499 babies named Chaya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Chaya Czernowin · Israeli composer and academic, born 1957
  • Chaya Singh · Indian actress, born 1976
  • Chaya Mushka Schneerson · wife of the rebbe, 1901–1988
  • Chaya Arbel · Israeli composer, 1921–2007

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.