Raya name meaning

By Nishant Saini

Updated: May 30th, 2024

Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl

Origin: Arabic, Slavonic, Germanic, Old Greek, Slavic and Russian

Usage: Hindi, Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Russian, French and Oriya

Pronunciation: ra-ya

Meaning: Flowing of a River, Zeal, Flow, Sated with Drink, Wise Guardian, Goddess Parvati, Form of Regina, Queen, Rose, Beautiful, At the Flower of the Age, Advice and Protector

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What does Raya mean?
Variations of Raya
Nicknames for Raya
How popular is Raya?
Popularity Chart
Similar Names to Raya
Famous People Named Raya
Lists having Raya

What does Raya mean?

Offbeat Raya has its origin in Germanic, Arabic, Slavic, Old Greek, Slavonic and Russian bestowed upon both boys and girls, Raya means "Flowing of a River, Zeal, Flow, Sated with Drink, Wise Guardian, Goddess Parvati, Form of Regina, Queen, Rose, Beautiful, At the Flower of the Age, Advice or Protector" is principally used in French, Hindi, Arabic, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Oriya, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil and Russian.

Raya is a variation of famous Raina. Raina is a variant of well-known and evergreen Reina. Also Raina is version of eminent Radka. Raina is abridged form of Regina. Raina is an effeminate form of Rainer.

Odd Raina has its origin in Latin, Slavonic and Germanic, Raina means "Advice and Queen". Raya is short version of Raymonde. Raymonde is a variant of prevailing and venerable Ramona. Uncommon Raymonde has its origin in Germanic and Old High German is used specifically in French language, Raymonde means "Advice, Protection and Protector".

Raya is a shortened form of Raimonda. Raimonda is variant of immutable and prevalent Ramona. Predominantly used in Italian offbeat, Raimonda is originated from Germanic, meaning of Raimonda is "Protector and Advice".

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How do I pronounce Raya?

The most common pronunciation of two syllabled Raya is ra-ya. raw-ya is the different way(s) to pronounce the name.

Variants of Raya

Rayah, Raina, Reina, Radka, Raena, Rayna, Regina, Raenna

Nicknames for Raya

Name Raya is already a short name but there are some nicknames to go along with it:

Names that rhyme with Raya

How popular is the name Raya?

Raya used to be a common name in United States, first appeared in 1958 and over 3489 babies have been given the name in 50 years. At its zenith in 2017,. However after 50 years, the name is currently sliding down on the charts but it is still going strong.

Raya is a familiar baby name in England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and was able to reach the top 500 names. Recently in 2017, 97 babies were given Raya and it reached its peak ranking, 453 on girl names chart.

There are over 913 babies that have been given the name Raya in England and Wales.

Raya is an uncommon baby name in France, even after 20 years of use, it could not make it big.

Over 153 babies in France have been named Raya. But Raya is a popular baby name in India where every 1 in 30000 have the name as well as in, Oman, Ethiopia, Russia, Tanzania, Niger, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Indonesia.

At least, 180000 people globally have been given the name as per our findings.

Year	Rank	Births
2023	353	862
2022	402	775
2021	494	631
2020	933	274
2019	1058	239
2018	1135	214
2017	1034	249
2016	1088	236
2015	1214	204
2014	1238	196

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Facts

Raya in Nordic countries

Countries	Men		Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name	First Name	Secondary Name
	5	5	118	39

What numbers say about Raya?

In order to truly succeed in life, you have to work on your personality first. You are the most self-motivated person you know. Maybe some people take you for granted but it's good for your art. If letter A is your capstone, then you are probably a man of your word. You are interested in learning new and exciting things. You have to learn that what you give is what you get in life. You secretly believe that you are a genius.

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Ilene - The popular and venerable girl name Ilene has origin in Old Greek and Old French especially used in English, Irish and Greek languages, Ilene means "Aveline and Beautiful". Ilene is a spelling variant of Eileen.
Jolanta - Used specifically in Danish, Finnish and Norwegian far-out, Jolanta means "Violet" and is used for girls is rooted from Polish and English
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Elne - The boy name Elne means "A Courageous Man or Splash of the Sun" has origin in Old English and Greek

Famous people named Raya

Raya Dunayevskaya, American founder of the philosophy of Marxist Humanism
Raya Garbousova, cellist and teacher
Rayah Houston in The Houstons: On Our Own as
Raya Fahreza is writer of movie The Maling Kuburans
Raya Bachvarova, from 1986 drama, family film Skapa moya, skapi moy, who characterized the Raya.
Raya Martigny, from 2018 documentary movie Charbon, who portrayed Raya Martigny.

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Sources

Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
Central Statistics Office - An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/babynames
Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/population/family-names-and-first-names/first-names-boys-and-girls
Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://www.svb.nl/nl/kindernamen/

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