Given name & surname

Coya

Coya is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Coya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Coya through the years

Babies since 1880
24
0 boys · 24 girls
Most popular year
1992
8 babies
2025
6
#13,583 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19923.7
Coya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,583 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Coya’s family of names

In French usage, Coya is a diminutive of Nicolas.

Walk Coya’s family in the name graph

CoyaNicolas

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Coya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Keyandra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Koressa

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>99% girls

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Kiava

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Catria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kasea

“a vigilant woman” · “a vigilant man; one who is alert”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tkayah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaleesha

“a beautiful and caring woman”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kalesha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Coya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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