Elaya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 71 babies a year in England and Wales.
Elaya by the numbers
In 2025, 71 babies in England and Wales were named Elaya. In the US, 32 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Elaya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elaynabright light; a form of Helen185 in the US (2017)
- Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
- Elaiaolive tree30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eliyamy god is yahweh; a form of Elijah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elyamy god is yahweh; modern form of Elijah6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elara127 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Elaya
Names that are said the same way as Elaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elliagod is my salvation; a form of Elias122 in the US (2017)
- Eulawell-spoken; sweet voice14 in the US (2017)
- Elahiof god; divine11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elaahidivine, pertaining to god6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eloahoak tree; variant of Elah or Aliyah5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Elaya
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