Entry № 446 · Hebrew origin

Aliyah Aliyah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-LEE-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Ascending"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "ascending".

Aliyah carries two beautiful strands of meaning. In Hebrew it comes from a root meaning to ascend or rise; the word aliyah describes the journey of return to the land of Israel, giving the name a sense of homecoming and elevation.

In Arabic, Aliyah is the feminine of Ali, meaning exalted, high or sublime — again a name of heights and honour.

Melodic and widely loved, it is spelled in many ways — Aliyah, Aaliyah, Aliya — and suits a girl with something to aspire to.

Ascending — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

עֲלִיָּה
Transliteration
Aliyah
Pronunciation
/ əˈliː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aliyah stands.

Aliyah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aliyahs before her.

Real people
Aaliyah Haughton
American R&B singer + Are You That Somebody? 1998 + Romeo Must Die 2000.
1979 – 2001
In fiction
Aliyah
Hebrew ascending + Jewish immigration to Israel.

Names connected to Aliyah.

The number behind Aliyah.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aliyah reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.