| [ syll. (c)ha-ya, ch-aya ] The girl name Chaya is pronounced CH-aaAYah KEY. Chaya's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Hebrew. Derived from the word hayya with the meaning 'alive, animal'. Chaya is the feminine form of the Hebrew Chayim. Chaya is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2005, 0.018% of baby girls were named Chaya. It was #732 in rank then. In 2007, it ranked at #761 with a usage of 0.018%, and it was the most regularly used out of all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Chaya include the English names Chessie and Chesea. KEY: approx pronunciation for Chaya: CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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