Alaïa
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Alaïa is a given name, most frequently recorded in Argentina. It appears chiefly in French and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيَّة (ʕalayya).
- ECEcuador1 in 3.1K◐
- ESSpain1 in 15K
- ARArgentina1 in 63K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈13K ●
- Sources
- 99 ●
- 1 in 3.1K ◐
across 10 countries
7.5K records
Official registry-verified
Ecuador
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Alaia in EC Ecuador, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 22 more.
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●
Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيَّة (ʕalayya).
Sources 1
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | — | 10,845 | 3.1K rec. | — | 1.6K | Alaia | 23 |
| EC Ecuador | #794 | 5,518△ | 4 rec. | 1 in 3.1K | 5.5K | Alaia | 8 |
| ES Spain | — | 3,357△ | 641 rec. | 1 in 15K | 3.4K | Alaia | 42 |
| US United States | — | 3,187△ | 1.4K rec. | 1 in 104K | 3.2K | Alaia | 99 |
| CA Canada | — | 617 | 34 rec. | — | 8 | Alaia | 7 |
| PY Paraguay | — | 609 | 575 rec. | — | — | Alaia | 4 |
| MX Mexico | — | 580 | 66 rec. | — | — | Alaia | 13 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #323 | 504 | 50 rec. | — | — | Alaia | 7 |
| FR France | — | 420 | 385 rec. | 1 in 162K | 420 | Alaia | 72 |
| CL Chile | — | 355 | 12 rec. | — | 79 | Alaia | 13 |
| PA Panama | — | 207 | 213 rec. | — | — | Alaia | 5 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 206 | 58 rec. | — | 2 | Alaia | 8 |
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Languages●
- French51980%
- Spanish6610%
- English538%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 519 | 80% |
| Spanish | 66 | 10% |
| English | 53 | 8% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 25 |
CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 6 years between 2016–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 15 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 420 | #544 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 39 | #9,826 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2021 | 25 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 22 | #18,535 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2023 | 13 | #655 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2020 | 12 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2020 | 11 | #767 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2019 | 11 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 8 | #948 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2022 | 8 | #978 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2016 | 6 | #1,211 |
| GF French Guiana | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 973 (French Guiana) | 2024 | 5 | #17 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 31 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Alaïa?
- We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Alaïa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
- In which country does Alaïa have the most bearers?
- Alaïa is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled alaia.
- Where is Alaïa most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alaïa is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 3.1 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Alaïa compared with other names?
- In Puerto Rico, Alaïa is the 120th most common given name of 2,536 given names recorded there.
- Is Alaïa a male or female name?
- Alaïa 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 Alaïa mean?
- Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيَّة (ʕalayya).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Alaïa” — the 120th most common given name in Puerto Rico. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.