Alya

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aliya in IN India, US United States, PK Pakistan and 6 more, Алия in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more, Aleya in ES Spain, BD Bangladesh and Алія in UA Ukraine.

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 13 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◐

Alya is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name44K records spelled Alya12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Mayotte

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Alyâ, Ãlyä, Alÿã, Âlÿa, Ãlyã

• Indonesian given name32K records spelled Alya8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Alya, Alya', Alŷa, Alyâ

• Portuguese given name3.5K records spelled Alya5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Álya, Alÿã, Ãlyã

• a separate given name728 records spelled Alya3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Malaysia, Morocco

  Also written Alyâ, Alýa

• Finnish given name190 records spelled Alya3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Malaysia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ālÿa

38 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 44 years between 1973–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alya Nikulinab. 1937RUSoviet and Russian actress (1937–2022)
• Alya Aglanb. 1963FRFrench historian
• alya abdel salamb. 1968EGEgyptian poet
• Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thanib. 1974QAQatari diplomat
• Alya Rohalib. 1976IDIndonesian actress
• Alya Lewisb. 1980JMbadminton player
• Alya Nurshabrinab. 1996IDIndonesian model, Miss Indonesia 2018
• Nur Ernisa Alya Zainal Abidinb. 1999MYbadminton player
• Alya Ardeliab. 2005IDbadminton player
• Alya BaffounTNTunisian feminist and sociologist

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 · 434 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alya?

We estimate roughly 104 thousand people bear Alya (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Alya have the most bearers?

Alya is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled алия.

How common is Alya compared with other names?

In Russia, Alya is the 137th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Alya a male or female name?

Alya 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 Alya mean?

Recorded meaning: heavens, sky, sublimity, lofty