Talaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Talaya by the numbers

Talaya was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 55 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Talaya

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

  • Talyadew of god; variant of talia or natalia80 in the US (2017)
  • Taliyadew of god or god has given dew13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tanayadaughter24 in the US (2017)
  • Talayah41 in the US (2017)
  • Tamaya10 in the US (2017)
  • Taleya6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Talaya

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

  • Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tahliadew of god; a form of Talia38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taliahdew of god; a form of Talia30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taleahdew of God; a form of Talia89 in the US (2017)
  • Taleyahdew of God; a form of Talia20 in the US (2017)
  • Taaliahvariant of Talia; morning dew5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Talaya

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