Halaya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Halaya by the numbers
Halaya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Halaya
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 Halaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Halayna8 in the US (2017)
- Hanaya3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 in the US (2017)
- Haniyahappy; pleased161 in England and Wales (2025)
- Halimagentle; mild; patient129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Havanaderived from place name; capital of Cuba38 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Halaya
Names that are said the same way as Halaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Halia6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Halaya
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