Aaya
Girl · AH-ya · Arabic
Aaya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sign, miracle, verse”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aaya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aya
“sign, miracle, verse”
In Arabic an aya is a verse of the Quran; Aya is also a Japanese name meaning 'colour, design'.
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- AH-ya
Meaning borrowed from Aya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Aaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
Names like Aaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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