Maliya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 140 babies a year in the US.
Maliya by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Maliya. In the US, 140 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 191 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Maliya
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 Maliya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malikaqueen; royalty27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariyaof the sea or beloved; a form of Maria24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malihasmooth, soft, or delicate58 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maliya
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