Laia
Laia is a shortened version of the Catalan feminine given name Eulàlia. Saint Eulalia is the patron saint of Barcelona, so her name and its derivatives are popular in Spain. Laia means "fair of speech" or "well spoken" in Greek.
- Catalan
Meaning & Origin of Laia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Laia is a shortened version of the Catalan feminine given name Eulàlia. Saint Eulalia is the patron saint of Barcelona, so her name and its derivatives are popular in Spain. Laia means "fair of speech" or "well spoken" in Greek.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Catalan
The Story of Laia
American parents first put Laia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1980, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 130 Laias were born — ranking #1,621 that year. About 56% of every Laia on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Laia ranks #1,889 for baby girls with 106 births, rising sharply (+32% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Laia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Laia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Eulàlia
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About the name Laia
Laia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Laia's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,621. Use the chart and map above to compare Laia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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