Aaliyah

There are a lot of arguments on this thread concerning the origins of the name Aaliyah, and to which community it belongs.

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Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew among others are variants of a language that was common in the ancient times. This language is believed to be most probably Akkadian, the language of Abraham (who hailed from Akkad - claimed by Christians, Jews and Arabs). It's for this reason these languages are so similar and one word from one will have an equivalent in another. Akkadian was a very popular language in its hay day much like English today. It was the language of King Cyrus, Darius, Hammurabi, and all that lived in those days all over Middle East and parts of Africa, Mesopotamia, Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Persia, etc. So however you cut the name Aaliyah, each community has a variant, including African Swahili, a language that is strikingly similar to ancient Hebrew.

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Aliyah (ascent) in Hebrew, is the long journey the Jews took from Egypt to the promised land (Exodus). That's why it means 'to be exalted' or 'to rise' or 'be lifted up' or 'going up'. I personally believe if you take the very name Aaliyah apart, it spells 'The Lord is God'. But hey, that's just me.

I guess this is where my parents got the inspiration for my twin sister's and my name, though I'm not sure why she eventually went with "Aliya" rather than the true Arabic/Hebrew one : "Aaliyah".

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I assume it's still not that common here in the UK, as some of my lecturers have told me that I've got a pretty name.

The meaning of the name aliyah is a high place or something high.

Means "Most exalted one". Cool name.

Highest, Most Exalted, The Best in both Arabic and Hebrew.

It's Hebrew and its meaning is "ascend". It is also used by Jews in the diaspora to refer to someone who has moved to Israel, "to make Aaliyah".

Aaliyah meaning "most highest or most exalted".

Of Hebrew origin (meaning 'exalted').

Means "The Highest, Most Exhalted One".