Gender Feminine
Usage Berber, Northern African, History
Scripts ⴷⵉⵀⵢⴰ(Berber Tifinagh)
Other Forms FormsDaya, Dehiya, Dihya, Dahya, Damya, Dimya
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown. This was the real name of Kahina, an Amazigh warrior queen who resisted Arab expansion into North Africa (d. 700 AD).