Aalyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning variant of aliyah; the exalted one.
Aalyah by the numbers
Aalyah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 51 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aalyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Aalayahhigh, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaliyah61 in the US (2017)
- Aayahsign or verse of the Quran40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alyahto ascend; a form of Aliyah39 in the US (2017)
- Aaliahvariant of Aliyah, exalted or high32 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aalyah
Names that are said the same way as Aalyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleeyahascension; a form of aliyah54 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Aalyah, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adalynnnoble lineage; a modern respelling of Adeline2,651 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean praise
Like Aalyah, each of these has praise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Judepraised2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augustmajestic, venerable; august one2,295 in the US (2017)
- Norahhonor; a form of Nora or Honora2,148 in the US (2017)
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