Alya is the Arabic Aliya and means "exalted" or "sublime"; in Turkish and Russian it is also used as a name in its own right, and the spelling echoes the Hebrew word aliyah, ascent. It is short, soft and easy to say in many languages. Alya rose from number 3457 in 2000 to a peak of number 1237 in 2021 and ranks number 1334 in 2025.