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Aja - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aja

[ 2 syll. a-ja, aj-a ] The girl name Aja is pronounced as AYah KEY. Aja is an English and Indian name of Sanskrit origin. Derived literally from the element 'aja' which means goat.

Aja is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1978, 0.030% of baby girls were given the name Aja. Its ranking then was #412. The baby name has since markedly declined in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. Within all girl names in its group, Aja was nonetheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Aja include the English Aayshah, the English and German Adda, the English Addi, the English, Finnish, and German Anni, the Twi Awo, the Japanese Aya, the Swahili Ayah, the English Adde, the Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese Ai, and the Iroquoian Oheo.

KEY: Pronunciation for Aja: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Aja