83%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. /ˈɟ͡ʝai̯.θa/(European Spanish) /ˈɟ͡ʝai̯.sa/(Latin American Spanish) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the name of a town in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was used by the novelist Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa for the main character in his Ocean trilogy of books (beginning 1984). PopularityDetails Last ranked #92 in 2009 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #47 in 2005 Galicia, Spain Last ranked #94 in 2011 Spain Categories love island Spain