Aliya Name Meaning & Origin
Aliya
Origin of the name Aliya:
Hebrew name meaning "to ascend." Var: Aliyah.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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OTHER SCRIPTS: Әлия (Kazakh), عليّة (Arabic), עֲלִיָּה (Hebrew)
- Personal experiences with the name Aliya
It's my name. I love it, its feminine, and not too old or young. I wish it had more letters or a different spelling though. Great name.
- Nicknames for Aliya
Leelee, Liya, Lee, Ali, Liyah, Li-Li, Al, Iyah, Yah, Yoyo, Ahha, Ali-baba, Aladdin, Yah Yah, Allie, Alah
- Meanings and history of the name Aliya
Aliya is a beautiful name and it means high or above.
Aliya (Hebrew: עלייה Translit.: ʿAliya Translated: "ascent") is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel (Eretz Yisrael). It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida ("descent").1 The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile. Large scale immigration to Eretz Israel and later Israel began in 1882.2A variant of the Arabic name Aaliyah, which is in turn a feminine form of the male name Ali, meaning "most high.".
Kazakh and Tatar form of ALIYAH. It is also a variant transcription of Arabic ALIYAH.
Variant transcription of ALIYAH.
- Famous real-life people named Aliya
Aliya bint Ali-Queen of Iraq 1911-1950
Aliya Mustafina-Russian gymnast.
Aliya Jasmine Sovani-Canadian television personality.
- Aliya in song, story & screen
Aliya Dayspring, the former wife of the X-Man Cable until her death