Girl · Greek, through Catalan
Laia
Say it: LAI-uh
Meaning
A Catalan short form of Eulàlia, from Greek 'well-spoken'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long a pet form in Catalonia, it has become one of the most popular girls' names there in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 629 babies given this name since 1980
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 19,000 girls
- 79 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.