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Alaya

ah-LAY-ah

Popularity

#362

rising

Letters

5

Syllables

3

Origin

Hindi

Total Births

10,249

Peak Year

#913 in 2020

First Recorded

1979

Style

Spiritual & Biblical, Soft & Gentle

Spelling

Moderate spelling

What It Means

Can have multiple origins; in Sanskrit/Hindi it means 'abode, home', in Hebrew it means 'rising, ascending'.

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Numerology

9

The Idealist

Compassionate, humanitarian, and visionary. Names vibrating at 9 carry universal love.

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Spelling Variations

Personality Traits

SpiritualCreativePeacefulGentle

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