Alia

AH-lee-uh; uh-lee-uh; a-LEE-uh
Arabic feminine form of Ali
"supreme, exalted"

Alia Origin and Meaning

The name Alia is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "supreme, exalted".

Alia is the most classic and feminine form of Ali, one of the 99 attributes of Allah within Islam. Meaning "supreme, exalted, high, sublime", it is pretty, powerful and spirited.

The name is also used by Christians and Jews as it can be derived from the Hebrew word "alah", meaning "ascending" or "to rise" and is associated with making a pilgrimage or migrating to Israel.

Alia also given to the heroine of Frank Herbert's science fiction classic,Children of Dune and with the release of the new film adaptations of Dune, it may just gain more attention.

While Alia is the sleekest version of the name, both the most ancient and the most modern-feeling, its most famous relative in the U.S. today is Aaliyah, a Top 100 name, associated with the singer.

# 555 in the US

Alia Rank in US Top 1000

# 734 on Nameberry

Alia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Alia Popularity

Famous People Named Alia

  • Alia al
    Hussein, Queen consort of Jordan
  • Alia bint Al Hussein
    Princess of Jordan
  • Alia Martine Shawkat
    American actress
  • Alia Shanee Atkinson
    Jamaican Olympic swimmer
  • Alia Muhammad Baker
    librarian who saved 30, 000 books from destruction in Iraq
  • Alia Bano
    British playwright
  • Alia Bhatt
    Indian actress, daughter of Indian Director Mahesh Bhatt and British,Indian Actress Soni Razdan and half sister of Indian Actress Pooja Bhatt
  • Alia Ghanem
    birth name of Osama Bin Laden's mother
  • Alia Moses Ludlum
    U.S. federal judge
  • Alia Mamdouh
    Iraqi novelist, author and journalist
  • Alia Ouabdelsselam
    French ice dancer
  • Alia Shelesh aka SSSniperWolf
    British,American YouTuber
  • Alia Sabur
    American materials scientist; world's youngest professor
  • Alia Rose Lebeau (b. 1992)
    daughter of singer Teena Marie
  • Alía Horford Vega (b. 2016)
    daughter of Miss Universe Amelia Vega and basketball player Al Horford

Alia in Pop Culture

  • Alia
    character in the Shadow Children series by Margaret P. Haddix
  • Alia
    character in Mega Man X series
  • Alia Atreides
    character in the Dune series by Frank Herbert
  • Alia carinata
    species of very small sea snail
  • Alia
    former Jordanian national airline
  • Alia Zhang
    character in video game "The Sims 3" Moonlight Bay