Alia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Alía in ES Spain, Ალია in GE Georgia and อาลีอา 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 9 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◐

Alia is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name39K records spelled Alia35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Allia, Alía, Ália, Aliã, Ãlia

• French given name33K records spelled Alia20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Alïa, A'Lia, Älia, Alîa, Àĺià

• Indonesian given name26K records spelled Alia14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Alia', 'Alia, A'Lia, Alià, Àlia

• a separate given name2.9K records spelled Alia9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Morocco, India, Malaysia

  Also written Alía, Âlia, Àlia, A̋liâ, Aliâ

• Arabic given name2.4K records spelled Alia41 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Denmark, United States

  Languages: Arabic, Danish, English

  Also written Aliaa, Alia'A, Алиаа, Aliaá, Äliaa

• Turkish given name1.2K records spelled Alia12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Syria, United States

  Languages: Turkish, Kazakh, Azerbaijani

  Also written Aliâ, Aliå, Aliä, Ãlia, Alía

• Italian given name1.1K records spelled Alia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Malaysia

  Also written Alìa, Ãlia, Ălia

51 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●

Alia 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 Swedish, Alia (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’den höga, den uppsatta’. En känd namnbärare är den amerikanska sångerskan Aaliyah (1979–2001). N amnet har blivit populärt i Sverige de allra senaste åren. Ett likalydande namn med ovisst ursprung användes också under 1800-talet. I formen Aliya kan det på nyhebreiska också betyda (symbolisera) den judiska invandringen till Israel.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In kr, tiloro, for God's sake. alia logohgin, I pray to God

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ālium

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

• In Esperanto, other, another

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

• In mva, centipede

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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) — 87 years between 1910–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aliya Moldagulovab. 1925KZnot in their usual nameSoviet Kazakh sniper and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1925–1944)
• Queen Alia of Jordanb. 1948JOQueen Consort of Jordan (1972-1977)
• Alia Janineb. 1978UScomedian and pornographic performer (b. 1978)
• Aliya Nazarbayevab. 1980KZnot in their usual nameKazakh businesswoman
• Isis Loveb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
• Alia Atkinsonb. 1988JMJamaican swimmer
• Alia Shawkatb. 1989USAmerican actress
• Alia Saburb. 1989USAmerican mathematician
• Alia Bhattb. 1993GBBritish actress
• Aliya Mustafinab. 1994RUnot in their usual nameRussian gymnast

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 · 965 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alia?

We estimate roughly 65 thousand people bear Alia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Alia have the most bearers?

We estimate about 52 thousand people bear Alia in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled alia.

How common is Alia compared with other names?

In the United Arab Emirates, Alia is the 117th most common given name of 29,311 given names recorded there.

Is Alia a male or female name?

Alia 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 Alia mean?

Recorded meaning: Tunisie