Entry № 4331 · Hebrew origin

Hodaya Hodaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ho-DAH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Gratitude, thanksgiving to God"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "gratitude, thanksgiving to god".

Hodaya (הוֹדָיָה) is the Hebrew word for "gratitude" or "thanksgiving to God" — from hodu (give thanks). A modern Israeli feminine name.

Hodaya is widely used in Israel.

Gratitude to God. The Hebrew thanksgiving.

The name in its native script.

הוֹדָיָה
Transliteration
Hōdāyāh
Pronunciation
/ hoʊˈdɑː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hodaya stands.

Hodaya 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.

Hodayas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hodaya
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Hodaya.

The number behind Hodaya.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hodaya reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.