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 [ syll. a-li-ya, al-iya ] The girl name Aliya is pronounced ahLIY-ah KEY. Aliya's origin, as well as its use, is in the Hebrew and Arabic languages. Aliya is an Arabic variant of Alya (Russian and Arabic). Aliya is also a Hebrew variant spelling of Aliyah (English and Arabic). Aliya is a fairly popular baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s; before that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.022% of baby girls were given the name Aliya. Its ranking then was #668. In 2008, out of the group of girl names directly linked to Aliya, Aliyah (English and Arabic) was the most popular. Its use outnumbered Aliya's by 4 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Aliya include Aliyah (English and Arabic), Aaliyah (English), Alala (Greek), Alheli (Spanish), Alila (English), Aliyya (Arabic), Aliyyah (Arabic), Aloha (Hawaiian), Alohi (Hawaiian), Ayala (Hebrew), Elia (English, French, Italian, and Hawaiian), Iola (English), Aalya (Arabic), Ailsa (Scottish), Ajla (Slavic), Alais (English), Alaula (Hawaiian), Alesia (English), Ali (English, Spanish, and Arabic), and Alie (Dutch and English). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aliya: 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)"   |
