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Alaya

Alaya: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“dwelling, abode”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
uh-LAY-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Alaya is a Sanskrit word meaning 'dwelling' or 'abode,' known in compounds such as alaya-vijnana. It is also used as a modern given name outside South Asia.

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How popular is Alaya?

2024259 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Alaya in 2024862

2024 rank#362 girls

Peak year2020

Total US babies since 188010,249

Alaya is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Alaya

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit
  • Aadhyafirst power · Sanskrit

Alaya questions

What does the name Alaya mean?

Alaya means "dwelling, abode". It comes from Sanskrit. Alaya is a Sanskrit word meaning 'dwelling' or 'abode,' known in compounds such as alaya-vijnana. It is also used as a modern given name outside South Asia.

Is Alaya a boy or girl name?

Alaya is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alaya?

862 US babies were named Alaya in 2024. Its peak year was 2020.

How do you pronounce Alaya?

Alaya is usually pronounced uh-LAY-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.