Malaya
mah-LAH-yah
Popularity
#813
Letters
6
Syllables
3
Origin
Vietnamese
Total Births
8,111
Peak Year
#449 in 2014
First Recorded
1977
Style
Modern & Trendy
Spelling
Moderate spelling
What It Means
Means 'free' in Tagalog. Also a region in southeast Asia.
Numerology
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Famous Namesakes
Malaya Rivera Drew
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