Aya

Aya is a feminine given name with multiple meanings in different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". Aya (あや, アヤ) is a common female Japanese given name meaning "design", "colorful" or "beautiful". Aya is also in use in the Hebrew language and means "to fly swiftly" or "bird". Aya is also an Arabic feminine name written as آية meaning "wonderful", "amazing", "miracle" or "verse" (of the Quran). In Mongolian, similar to Turkish, it means goodness, music and "melody". In Chemehuevi, Aya means "tortoise". In Baoule on the Ivory Coast, Aya is given to the female born on Friday. To a tribe known as Yoruba in Nigeria, Aya also means wife.
In the Raute language of Nepal, Aya refers to one's sister-in-law, meaning the wife of one's elder or younger brother. The word's origin comes from Proto-Tibeto-Burman ’ay (alternate form yay) meaning "mother". In Urdu language the word Aya refers to women care taker or nurse for young children. Typically in Pakistan ayas work in early childhood centres or primary schools.
In Turkish-Altaic mythology, Aya symbolizes the good soul. All the seventeen types of benevolent angels who live in the sky are also called Ayas. They are seen as the source of abundance, creativity and in the earth. The origin of the word comes from Ay ("moon" in Turkish). Ayaçı means "creative soul". In the mythology of Yakut Turks, Siberia Aya transforms into Abası, symbolizing the same angels. Yürüng Aya Toron (the white creative soul, sun) was believed to be the creator of the Aya's and the universe. The best foods are given to Aya during Isıah (birthday of the nature) Festivals.
There are several alternative spellings including Ayah and Aiya. There is also an African Adinkra symbol called an Aya, which is a fern. It is a symbol of endurance and resourcefulness.

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Means: design, art, beautiful in Japanese; sign, miracle, verse in Arabic; to fly swiftly, bird in Hebrew.

Ayame, Ayano, Ayane, Ayana, Ayaka, Ayako

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Aya Cash	1982	American actress
2	Aya Hirano	1987	Japanese actress, voice actress and J-pop singer
3	Aya Ueto	1985	Japanese actress, singer, model, tarento, and occasional radio personality
4	Aya Uchida	1986	Japanese voice actress and singer
5	Aya Sumika	1980	American actress
6	Aya Miyama	1985	Japanese association football player
7	Aya Suzaki	1986	Japanese voice actress
8	Aya Hisakawa	1968	Japanese voice actor and singer
9	Aya Endō	1980	Japanese voice actress
10	Aya Sugimoto	1968	Japanese gravure idol
11	Aya Kitō	1962	Japanese writer
12	Aya Matsuura	1986	Japanese pop singer, actress and model
13	Aya Cissoko	1978
14	Aya Brea	1972
15	Aya Kamikawa	1968	Japanese politician
16	Aya Ohori	1996	Badminton player
17	Aya Sameshima	1987	Footballer
18	Aya Nakahara	1973	Japanese manga artist
19	Aya Kamiki	1985	Japanese singer-songwriter
20	Aya Ōmasa	1991	Japanese actress
21	Aya Hirayama	1984	Japanese actress
22	Aya Ishiguro	1978	Japanese idol
23	Aya Liu	1978	Taiwanese actress and hostess
24	Aya Tanimura		American film director
25	Aya Iwamoto	1973	Japanese translator
26	Miharu Arisawa	1985
27	Aya Tarek		Egyptian artist
28	Aya Kanno	1980	Japanese comic artist
29	Aya Okamoto	1982	Japanese actress and voice actress
30	Aya Kiguchi	1985
31	Aya Korem	1980	Israeli singer
32	Aya Terakawa	1984	Swimmer
33	Aya Medany	1988	Modern pentathlete
34	Aya Domenig	1972
35	Aya Waska		Swiss singer
36	Aya Virginie Toure		Ivorian politician
37	Aya
38	Aya Nielsen	1980	Danish pornographic actor and stripper
39	Aya Irizuki	1983	Japanese actor
40	Aya Natsume
41	Aya Traoré	1983	Basketball player
42	Ramzi Aya	1990	Italian footballer
43	Mohd Rasyid Aya	1990	Malaysian footballer
44	Aya Mikami	1984	Japanese volleyball player
45	Aya de Leon	1967	American writer
46	Aya Majdi	1994	Qatari table tennis player
47	Aya Shōoto	1977	Japanese illustrator and mangaka
48	Aya Kōda	1904	Japanese writer
49	Aya Kawai	1975	Figure skater
50	Sueki Aya		Japanese singer-songwriter
51	Aya Nakano	1985	Japanese singer
52	Aya Ishizu	1972	Japanese voice actress
53	Aya Goda	1967	Japanese artist
54	Aya Takano	1994	Japanese swimmer
55	Ibrahima Aya	1967	Malian writer
56	Aya Takamoto	1987	Japanese singer, fashion model and dancer
57	Masumi Aya	1980	Japanese hammer thrower
58	Aya Darwish	1994	Egyptian synchronised swimmer
59	Aya Saad Eldeen	1988	Egyptian journalist
60	Aya Kida	1974	Japanese photographer
61	Aya Manome	1982	Japanese long-distance runner
62	Aya El-Sayed	1989	Olympic fencer
63	Aya Fujishiro	1974	Amateur international cricketer
64	Aya Yokoshima	1990
65	Aya Yoshida	1971	Japanese organist and musician
66	Aya Yasuda	1982	Japanese luger
67	Aya Hijazi
68	Aya Umemura	1976	Japanese table tennis player
69	Aya Shimokozuru	1982	Japanese association football player
70	Aya Takeuchi	1986
71	Aya Shalkar
72	Aliou Aya	1956	Malian politician
73	Aya Wakisaka	1981	Badminton player
74	Aya Zikken	1919	Dutch writer
75	Abdelmumin Aya	1962	Spanish philosopher
76	Aya El Shamy	1995	Egyptian volleyball player
77	Aya Shibata	2000	Japanese skelton player at Nagano Olympic Games.
78	Aya Pedersen
79	Aya Shimozaki	1988	Badminton player
80	Aya Chebbi
81	Aya Hosain	1994
82	Aya Jones
83	Aya Onoe	1995	Japanese rock climber