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Name:

Aya

Gender: Girl Meaning: Various Origin: Hebrew Pronunciation: AH yah Related Names: No related names

Aya: Popularity

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200th+ most popular girls name in the UK

Unrecorded number of
births in 2008

User rating:  Star: on Star: on Star: on Star: off Star: off ( 3.28 from 29 votes )


Additional information about the name Aya:

Aya seems to have two origins, and with it two differing meanings and uses. Firstly, it is found used as a feminine name in Japan where it is seems to refer to creative aesthetics, along the lines of painting and other things of visual beauty. It also seems to have Hebrew roots, where it is used as a masculine name and its meaning refers to a bird of prey, possibly a scavenger birds such as a vulture.

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