Alija
Male#1107 most common in Croatia197 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- High, exalted, sublime
- Origin:
- Arabic
About the name Alija
Bosniak form of the Arabic Ali ('high, exalted'); used among Bosniak communities.
Popularity with newborns
Alija has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
197 people in Croatia are called Alija, according to the 2021 census. That is #1107 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Alija is recorded in 5 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaPrimorsko-goranskaVukovarsko-srijemska
Notable people called Alija
- Alija Izetbegović — First president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.