Kaja
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning water; a form of Kaya.
Kaja by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Kaja. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaja
Names that are said the same way as Kaja, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kaijah6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean water
Like Kaja, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaja
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