Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Laia is a diminutive of Eulàlia. Eulàlia comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Laia is a diminutive of Eulàlia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Laia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,130
- 0 boys · 1,130 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 130 babies
- 2025
- 85
- #2,182 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 85 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,182 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 632 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Laia’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Laia is a diminutive of Eulàlia. In Catalan usage, Laia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Eulalie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Liaequivalent
- Leiaequivalent
- Leaequivalent
- Layaequivalent
- Lainaequivalent
- Eulaliaequivalent
- Olayaequivalent
- Olallaequivalent
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People named Laia
- Laia AleixandriSpanish association football playerborn 2000
- Laia CostaSpanish actressborn 1985
- Laia MarullSpanish actressborn 1973
- Pablo LasoSpanish former basketball player and coachborn 1967
- Laia CodinaSpanish association football playerborn 2000
- Laia PalauSpanish basketball player (born 1979)
- Laia ManzanaresSpanish actressborn 1994
- Laia SanzSpanish motorcycle racerborn 1985
- Laia PonsSpanish synchronized swimmerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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