Aliyyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the exalted; a form of Aliyah.
Aliyyah by the numbers
Aliyyah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Aliyah
Like Aliyyah, each of these traces back to Aliyah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Aliyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah182 in the US (2017)
- Alyanaexalted; a modern spelling of Aliyah83 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Alaiyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaliyasublime or exalted; a form of Aliyah34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyannaexalted; noble; a form of Aliyah43 in the US (2017)
- Aleeyaascension; a form of Aliyah41 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aliyyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
- Aliayah6 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Aliyyah, 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 Aliyyah, 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)
Names about as common as Aliyyah
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