Name Element ḤAYA

Type Word
Scripts חָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Hebrew word meaning "to live" [1].

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturesḥyw(Ancient Semitic) ḥayiya(Arabic)
Given Name DescendantsHawa(Arabic) Eva, Yeva(Armenian) Həvva(Azerbaijani) Eve, Jehiel(Biblical) Eua(Biblical Greek) Chawwa, Yechi'el(Biblical Hebrew) Eva(Biblical Latin) Eva(Bulgarian) Khava(Chechen) Eva(Croatian) Eva(Czech) Eva(Danish) Eva(Dutch) Ava, Avah, Aviana, Avianna, Eva, Eve(English) Eeva, Eva, Eve, Eevi(Estonian) Eva(Faroese) Eeva, Eevi(Finnish) Ève(French) Eva(Georgian) Eva(German) Eva, Evi(Greek) Hauwa, Hauwa'u(Hausa) Amichai, Chaim, Chava, Chaya, Chayim, Chayyim, Haim, Hava, Hayim, Hayyim, Hyam, Yechiel, Yehiel(Hebrew) Éva(Hungarian) Eva(Icelandic) Khava(Ingush) Éabha(Irish) Eva(Italian) Hyman(Jewish) Ieva(Latvian) Ieva(Lithuanian) Eva(Norwegian) Ewa(Polish) Eva(Portuguese) Eva(Romanian) Eva, Yeva(Russian) Eva(Slovak) Eva(Slovene) Xaawo(Somali) Eva, Evelia(Spanish) Hawa(Swahili) Eva(Swedish) Havva(Turkish) Yeva(Ukrainian) Efa(Welsh) Awa, Haoua(Western African)
Surname DescendantsHayes, Heiman, Heyman(Jewish)
Same Spellinghaya 1, haya 2

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h2421, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h2421.
Entry added October 6, 2024