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Zaya name meaning
Last Name
622
in the U.S.
in 2010
622
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys
Meaning and Origin
What does the name Zaya mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Zaya
User Submitted Origins
Arabic
38%
Mongolian
30%
Native American
15%
Aramaic
6%
Russian
6%
African
3%
English
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Washington, U.S. says the name Zaya means "Honey, Sweetheart, and Woman who wins" and is of Native American origin.
- According to a user from New York, U.S., the name Zaya is of Native American origin and means "Woman who wins".
- According to a user from California, U.S., the name Zaya is of Aramaic origin and means "Zaya was a travelling mystic, holy man and healer who made his way from Palestine to the mountains of northern Mesopotamia and Assyria spreading Christianity".
- A user from New York, U.S. says the name Zaya means "Assyrian Saint name".
- A user from Virginia, U.S. says the name Zaya means "Light, also an Assyrian saint".
- A user from North Carolina, U.S. says the name Zaya is of Russian origin and means "Honey, sweetheart".
- 3 people from all over the world agree the name Zaya is of Mongolian origin and means "Destiny".
- According to a user from India, the name Zaya means "Born to win".
- According to a user from Canada, the name Zaya means "Victorious woman".
- A user from California, U.S. says the name Zaya is of Korean origin and means "Za menas a son of man and ya is a word when a senior call a young man or women".
International Interest
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Notable Persons Named Zaya
Notable Persons Named Zaya
Zaya Avdysh
Zaya Avdysh was a soccer player for the FC Polissya Zhytomyr, Vakhsh Qurghonteppa, FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, FC Dynamo Makhachkala, and FC Vostok. Zaya was born on August 25th, 1945 in Kiev. He died on May 21st, 2015.
Zaya S. Younan
Zaya S. Younan is a chairman & ceo, younan properties, inc., chairman, and chairman&ceo. Zaya was born in Tehran.
Notable Persons With the Last Name Zaya
Notable Persons With the Last Name Zaya
Nicholas I Zaya
His most notable accomplishments were from 1839 to 1847. Nicholas is also known as Zayʿa; Eshaʿya. He breathed his last breath in 1855.
Ethnicity Distribution
| Ethnicity | Zaya | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| █ | White | 85.37% | 64.26% |
| █ | African American | 0.00% | 11.96% |
| █ | Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander | 1.29% | 4.85% |
| █ | American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.00% | 0.69% |
| █ | Two or More Ethnicities | 6.75% | 1.76% |
| █ | Hispanic or Latino | 6.27% | 16.26% |
Of Last Name Zaya
People with the last name Zaya are most frequently White