Aya

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aja in US United States, NG Nigeria, 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 4 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◐

Aya is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name123K records spelled Aya111 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Morocco, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan, Italian

  Also written Ayà, Àyà, Âyâ, Âya, Àya

• Japanese given name96K records spelled Aya97 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Morocco, India

  Also written A-Ya, Äya, Äyä, Åya, Àyâ

• Spanish given name52K records spelled Aya170 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Aïa, Ãyã, Äyâ, Ayä, Ayà

• Turkish given name16K records spelled Aya5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Iraq, Morocco

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

  Also written Aýa

• Danish given name15K records spelled Aya42 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Aja, Aÿã, Ãýa, Âÿâ, Aÿa

• Indonesian given name14K records spelled Aya40 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Morocco, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Aya, Aya', Aýã, Åýā, Ãýã

• Hindi given name10K records spelled Aya36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Syria, United States, Morocco

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Âyä, Àÿâ, Ãýä, Âÿâ, Ãýã

• Chinese given name9.2K records spelled Aya4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Morocco, Spain, Syria

  Also written A-Ya, Ãya, Äya

44 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●

Aya 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, Aya är ett arabiskt namn som innehåller ett ord för ett gudomligt tecken eller ett mirakel.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, symbol; sign

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In frp, Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Perloz

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

• In kne, requesting for confirmation, denoting surprise

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

• In tsg, term of respect for male nobility (sultan, datuq) of the same generation as one's father (including father); hence: father, uncle

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 53 years between 1972–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aya Kamikawab. 1968JPJapanese politician
• Aya Hisakawab. 1968JPJapanese voice actress and singer
• Aya Sumikab. 1980USAmerican actress
• Aya Cashb. 1982USAmerican actress
• Hirayama Ayab. 1984JPJapanese actress
• Aya Miyamab. 1985JPJapanese association football player
• Ayase Harukab. 1985JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress, model and singer
• Aya Hiranob. 1987JPJapanese voice actress and singer
• Aya Ōmasab. 1991JPJapanese actress
• Aya Nakamurab. 1995MLMalian-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 · 601 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aya?

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

In which country does Aya have the most bearers?

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

How common is Aya compared with other names?

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

Is Aya a male or female name?

Aya 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 Aya mean?

Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of あや