Elaya is a modern American coinage that blends names like Alaya, Elaina and Aaliyah into one soft, vowel-rich form. It is often explained through Aaliyah's Arabic meaning "exalted" or through Elaia, the Greek word for "olive". In the United States Elaya was almost unknown in 2015 at number 11159, rose unevenly and reached number 2108 among girls' names in 2025, its highest rank so far.