Alekhya
Girl · ah-LAYKH-yah · Sanskrit
Alekhya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “picture, painting”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alekhya mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit alekhya
“picture, painting”
Name used especially by Telugu families, from the Sanskrit for a painted picture.
- Say it
- ah-LAYKH-yah
Is Alekhya a girl's or a boy's name?
Alekhya is a girls' name.
How popular is Alekhya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Alekhya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alekhya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Alekhya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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