Given name & surname
Noya
“one who is beautifully ornamented”
Noya is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is beautifully ornamented.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is beautifully ornamented.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Noya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 0 boys · 340 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #6,053 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,053 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 261 as a first name in 2020; 555 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.
Noya’s family of names
Noya has a related form in Noy. Noya has a related form in Noyah. Noya has a related form in Noye.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Noya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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