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Aliyah

Also spelled: Aliya, Alia, Aliyya

Usually a girl's name

Meaning
Arabic 'high, exalted', or the Hebrew word for 'ascent' Likely
Origin
Arabic or Hebrew
Popularity

US 2025: #263 (girls) · England and Wales 2025: #345

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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