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 [ syll. a-lia, al-ia ] The girl name Alia is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced EYLiyah KEY. Alia's language of origin is Hebrew and Arabic. It is predominantly used in Arabic. Alia is a form of the Russian and Arabic Alya in the Arabic language. Alia is also a spelling variant of the English and Arabic Aliyah in the Arabic language. Alia is a somewhat popular baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 2000 with 0.016% of baby girls being named Alia. It had a ranking of #731 then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is in recent times of only sporadic use. In 2008, it ranked at #929 with a usage of 0.014%. Among the family of girl names directly related to Alia, the English and Arabic Aliyah was the most frequently used. It was more widely used than Alia by 6 times in 2008. In the last century Alia has mainly been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Alia include the English Alea, the English Aleah, the English Aliah, the Portuguese Ailinn, the English Elea, the Hawaiian Elele, the Hebrew Eliya, the English Elois, the English and Finnish Aila, the English Ailey, the English and Finnish Aili, the Scottish Ailie, the Gaelic Aillie, the English Aily, the Polish Ala, the Hebrew and English Ayla, the Polish Ela, the Hebrew Elah, the Hawaiian Eleele, and the English, Scandinavian, and Italian Ella. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Alia: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
