Alijah - Meaning of Alijah

What does Alijah mean?

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Alijah

[ 3 syll. a-li-jah, al-ij-ah ] The baby boy name Alijah is pronounced aa-LIY-DZ-aa †. Alijah is of Hebrew origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. Alijah is a derivative of the English and Hebrew Elijah.

See also the related categories, english and hebrew.

Alijah is a rather popular baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2017, 0.031% of baby boys were given the name Alijah. It was #476 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #489 with a usage of 0.030%. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Alijah, Elijah was the most widely used. It was 22 times more popular than Alijah in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Alijah include Aldis (English), Aldos, Aldous (German and English), Aldus (English), Aldys, and Alitz (Hebrew).

† Pronunciation for Alijah: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"