Aja

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aya in EG Egypt, SY Syria, IN India and 16 more, איה in IL Israel, PL Poland and อายะ in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aja is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name16K records spelled Aja23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, India, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Aga, Ağa, Ag-A, Agá, Ajá

• Indonesian given name9.1K records spelled Aja8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Aja', Äjä, Ajâ, Åja, Ḁjā

• a separate given name2.7K records spelled Aja3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Ája, Ajâ

• Polish given name1.4K records spelled Aja85 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Aya, Ája, Ая, Àÿà, Ãÿá

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aja is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Alternative form of Aya (“Akkadian mother goddess”).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Bhavani (N); Devasena (N); Gayatri (N); Lalita

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• (Hin) a goat

  as a name·A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

• In jpx-pro, ornament, ornamented cloth

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In xgn-pro, favourable circumstances

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 76 years between 1921–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aya Kamikawab. 1968JPnot in their usual nameJapanese politician
• Aya Watanabeb. 1970JPnot in their usual nameJapanese screenwriter
• Aya Nakaharab. 1973JPnot in their usual nameJapanese manga artist
• Aya Sumikab. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Aya Cashb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Hirayama Ayab. 1984JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress
• Aya Miyamab. 1985JPnot in their usual nameJapanese association football player
• Aya Suzukib. 1990JPnot in their usual nameJapanese fashion model
• Aya Kondōb. 1991JPnot in their usual nameJapanese tarento
• Aya Nakamurab. 1995MLnot in their usual nameMalian-French singer (born 1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 395 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aja?

We estimate roughly 55 thousand people bear Aja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Aja have the most bearers?

Aja is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled aya.

How common is Aja compared with other names?

In Egypt, Aja is the 26th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Aja a male or female name?

Aja is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aja mean?

Recorded meaning: Indra (५); name of many men and Devas (P);