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chaya

chaya

8 9.8
A female name from Hebrew that means life
  • proper noun
  • /ˈxaɪə/
translation icon : Chaya
  • Even little things, like the classes you take and how you met Chaya.
  • Chaya brasserie
  • Chaya and Boris
  • Chaya said

Examples

  • By the time you are good and comfortable, Chaya will bring you your tea.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Towards the end of the meal, tell her that you might ask Chaya on a date.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • You have been living with Chaya in this apartment for a year.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I wonder if you feel for Chaya what your father felt for your mother when he was young.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • During week four, you meet Chaya, a girl in your Lit class.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Late at night, Chaya tells you about her God, about the Red Sea and Jewish secrets.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Settle into that old couch where you and Chaya slept the night before.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • You and Chaya will live in one room, Nathan in the other.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • There's a certain closeness between Chaya and her father: they have inside jokes; they call her mother "Muggums."

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

Vita
vschaya
24 6.9

A female first name

is Hebrew in origin rather than Latin and used in Jewish contexts

Surface Forms

chaya main

Etymology

The name Chaya comes from Hebrew and means 'life', the same root as chai, the Hebrew word for 'life', so the name suggests energy and being alive.