Alaiya Name Meaning And Origin

Alaiya

Origin: Basque/Arabic, Hebrew

Meaning: As a variation of Alaia, in Basque it means joyful; as a variation of the name Aaliyah, it means ascender in Hebrew.

Pop Culture: Alaya-vijnana is a key concept of the Mahayana Buddhism meaning a higher storage of consciousness. Famous actor Stephen Baldwin (The Usual Suspects) named his daughter Alaia Baldwin. Aaliyah Haughton was an R&B singer and platinum selling artist who tragically died in a plane crash in 2001 at age 22.

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