Meaning and Origin
What does the name Chia mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Illinois, U.S. says the name Chia is of Kurdish origin and means "Chia is a boy name it means mountain in Kurdish".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Chia means "The mountains in Kurdistan".
- A user from Iraq says the name Chia means "Mountain".
- A submission from the United Kingdom says the name Chia means "Raised among the hills / mountains" and is of Arabic origin.
- 2 people from the United States and Philippines agree the name Chia is of English origin and means "Beautiful".
- A submission from Philippines says the name Chia means "Italian mill worker" and is of Filipino (Philippines) origin.
- According to a user from Malaysia, the name Chia is of Spanish origin and means "Name of plant".
- A submission from Florida, U.S. says the name Chia means "Good seed" and is of Mexican origin.
Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).
- A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.
- Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
chia was also found in the following language(s): Classical Nahuatl, Esperanto, French, Min Nan, Portuguese, and Vietnamese