Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Thalya is a variant of Thalia. An origin associated with Thalia is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Thalya is a variant of Thalia. The history of Thalia gives this family its wider story. In classical mythology, Thalia is the Muse of comedy. The association gives the name a specific artistic context alongside its Greek root thallein, “to flourish.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Thalya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 0 boys · 143 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Thalya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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