Given name & surname · also Spanish
Olaya
Olaya is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English, Spanish, and Asturian.
Original SpanishEulalia
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Olaya comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Olaya developed from Εὐλαλία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olaya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67
- 0 boys · 67 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,932 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,932 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 273 as a first name in 2020; 958 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.
Olaya’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Olaya shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Eulalia. In English usage, Olaya as a surname has a related form in OLAYO. In Asturian usage, Olaya continues an earlier form in Eulalia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Olaya has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Olaya comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eulaliacognate · Spanish, Latin
- Layaequivalent
- Laiaequivalent
- Olallaequivalent
- Baiaequivalent
- Eulaliecognate · French
- Spanishequivalent
- Εὐλαλίαroot · Ancient Greek
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People named Olaya
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