Navaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Navaya by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Navaya. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Navaya

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 Navaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Navyayoung; new; fresh26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Narayarelating to water or ocean4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nalaya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Navayah15 in the US (2017)
  • Nevaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Nataya6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Navaya

Names that are said the same way as Navaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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