Zaya: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “origin uncertain”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- ZY-uh · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (98% of all uses)
Zaya has several possible sources in different languages and may also be a modern coined form. Without a specific linguistic context, its etymology is uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.
How popular is Zaya?
Babies named Zaya in 2024157
2024 rank#1,420 girls
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18802,417
Zaya is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Zaya
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
- Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
- Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
- Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
- Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
- Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
- Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
- Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown
Zaya questions
What does the name Zaya mean?
Zaya means "origin uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Zaya has several possible sources in different languages and may also be a modern coined form. Without a specific linguistic context, its etymology is uncertain.
Is Zaya a boy or girl name?
Zaya is mainly a girl's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Zaya?
157 US babies were named Zaya in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Zaya?
Zaya is usually pronounced ZY-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.