Kaia

KY-a (rhymes with lie-ah)

Latin, Scandinavian, or Hawaiian

"to rejoice or sea"

Kaia Origin and Meaning

The name Kaia is a girl's name of Latin, Scandinavian, Hawaiian origin meaning "to rejoice or sea".

The new Maia, the next Kayla, Kaia has been on the charts since the year 2000. You might see it as a female form of the also-rising Kai, which means sea in Hawaiian and is sometimes used for girls as well, or as a Kardashianization of the ancient goddess name Caia.

Kaia's star has been floating upwards for the past few decades, along with Kai's. And it still has some distance to go, though we don't anticipate it making the Top 10.

Kaia Gerber, daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford, is now a supermodel in her own right.

Kaia Rank in US Top 1000

# 180 in the US

Kaia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 133 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Kaia

• 180 US 2024
• 133 Nameberry 2025
• 111 Canada 2023
• 27 Future 2035
• 288 England 2023
• 85 Australia 2024
• 34 New Zealand 2024

20 Names Similar to Kaia

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Kaia.

• Ayla
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• Kiera
• Amaya
• Sienna
• Amari
• Amara
• Brielle
• Ayra
• Alaia
• Lyla
• Rayna
• Alora
• Kira
• Raya
• Maia
• Zara
• Talia
• Ariella
• Siena

Famous People Named Kaia

• Kaia Kanepi Estonian tennis player
• Kaia Beck American reality TV personality ("The Real World: Hawaii")
• Kaia Lynne Wilson American musician of punk bands Team Dresch and The Butchies
• Kaia Jordan Gerber daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford
• Kaia Finn (b. 2006) daughter of actress Rosa Blasi and NFL player Jim Finn
• Kaia Rose Biermann (b. 2013) daughter of reality TV personality Kim Zolciak and NFL player Kroy Biermann; twin of brother Kane Ren
• Kaia Faith Calaway daughter of American wrestler The Undertaker
• Easton Kaia Jones (b. 2015) daughter of NFL player T.J. Jones
• Kaia Roberto (b.2019) daughter of Spanish footballer Sergi Roberto and Israeli model Coral Simanovich

The name Kaia in Pop Culture

• Kaia Stokes character on Australian soap "Home & Away"
• Kaia Sellers character in the "Seven Deadly Sins" series
• Kaia FIT women's lifestyle program
• Kaia marijuana
• Kaia Nieves character on CW's "Supernatural" and spin,off series "Wayward Sisters"