Aya

Where Aya comes from

Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).
— Wiktionary's entry for Aya
  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #6,558 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Aya Miyama born
    Japanese association football player
  3. 1995
    Aya Nakamura born
    Malian-French singer
  4. 2024
    Peak, #630
    469 babies named Aya — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Aya Miyama · Japanese association football player, born 1985
  • Aya Nakamura · Malian-French singer, born 1995
  • Aya Sameshima · Japanese association football player, born 1987
  • Aya Shimokozuru · Japanese association football player, born 1982
  • Aya Ueto · Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.