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Aaliyah (English), Alea (English), Aleah (English), Alia (Arabic), and Aliya (Hebrew and Arabic) are variations of Aliyah. In addition, Aliyah is a variation of the name Alya (Arabic). Aliyah is popular as a baby name for girls, and it is also regarded as fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1990s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2002, 0.081% of baby girls were named Aliyah. It ranked at #203 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.076% and its ranking #215, and it was the 2nd most popular after Aaliyah (English), within all girl names in its group. In 2007, the name was twice as popular as Aliyah. Baby names that sound like Aliyah include Aliya (Hebrew and Arabic), Aaliyah (English), Aliyya (Arabic), Aliyyah (Arabic), Ayala (Hebrew), Elia (English and French), Aalya (Arabic), Ailsa (Scottish), Ali (English and Arabic), Alie (Dutch), Allie (English), Ally (English), Alya (Arabic), Olesia (Polish), Ulla (German and Scandinavian), Ulli (German), and Al (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Aliyah: 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)"
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