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Aaliyah - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aaliyah
 
 

 


The girl name Aaliyah [ syll. aa-li-yah, aal-iy-ah ] is pronounced as AAahLIY-ah- KEY. Aaliyah is largely used in the English language and its origin is Hebrew. Aaliyah is a variant of the name Aliyah (English and Arabic).

Aaliyah is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2002, 0.242% of baby girls were given the name Aaliyah. It had a ranking of #64 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.186% and its ranking #84, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. In 2007, Aaliyah was twice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Aliyah (English and Arabic).

Baby names that sound like Aaliyah include Aliya (Hebrew and Arabic), Aliyah (English and Arabic), Aliyya (Arabic), Aliyyah (Arabic), Ayala (Hebrew), Elia (English and French), Ailsa (Scottish), Ali (Arabic), Allie (English), Ally (English), Alya (Arabic), Ulla (German and Scandinavian), Ulli (German), and Al (English).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Aaliyah: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


A famous person named Aaliyah is Singer, Aaliyah, born Aaliyah Haughton 16 January 1979 - 25 August 2001, New York, New York.

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