arguing over a name is wrong everone has there own beliefs and names often mean different thing just believe what youbelieve its not the end of the world!!!!

For your consideration... it is a Hebrew word and the ancient Hebrew is far muc holder than the Quran and the Arabic taken together!

Um yeah? the reason why there is so much confusion here is that Hebrew and Arabic are both Semitic languages and therefore have many similarities in meaning and pronunciation. The same is true for Aramaic. They are all from the same family. The Hebrew verb that this name seems to be derived from is extremely common, in its simplest for it means ?to go up?. Its sound and basic structure is common in many Semitic languages and thus will show up in a number of variations (Which has led to this debate).

The name Attalia is in the Bible under Acts 14:25. The name Athalia is in the Old Testment I Kings 12:24. She was the daughter of a King.
Similar sounding names.

Its a beautiful name guys! it shouldn't matter where it came from! my neice is named Aaliyah my sister thought it was Aribic but some say its Hebrew and honestly guy's is it such a big deal? if you think its a beautiful then it shouldn't matter.

my husband and i love this name, the origin is important to us. i am concerned however that if we do name our daughter aaliyah it will always in question not only the meaning but the origin as well...

whats the battle over??my daughters nams is aaliyah,and no one has or ever is going to really mind what the meaning of the name is...thats not what people are going to remember her by.there going to think of her personality and such way before having the desire to research the origin or meaning of her name.

this a a nice name i have my third child coming
on May.and Aliyah is one of my chosen name.for my babay girl

the name is from the old book which gave rise to Judism and Islamic religion. However, Judism came about in the 10th-7th century BCE and Islamic religion came about in 570AD (CE) with the birth of Muhammad. So it stands to say that the name had a hebrew origin even if the muslims use it too..

I definitely agree with "TLC" above.

my love for the late-great aaliyah has prompted me to name my first child Taaliyah due may 21 2008.i love this beautiful name!

This is my daughters name, only we spelled it Aliya.
I love it and its a beautiful name any way you spell it!

I love the name Aaliyah, no matter where it comes from =]]]

It will be one of my name considerations if I have a girl when I get married.

There was a Hawaiian princess named alia. The name in Hawaiian means great joy. I once met a Hawaiian boy with the name Alia, so I guess it can be unisex there. Anyway, my name is Aleah and I love it. I always have. And it has only been the last few years that I have heard of anyone else having it.

I love that name. Im pregnant of a girl and I really have it in mind. I dont really care about its origin but as long as it has a positive meaning Im cool with it. Besides I love the late singer Aaliyah, she was talented and beautiful. I'm sure my daughter will look much like her. My husband is nigerian and we want to give her Osariemen as her middle name, it means Gods gift. Aaliyah Osariemen... It sounds good

My 1yr old baby girl's name is Jaydi Aaliyah. Jaydi Because my husband's name starts with J and mine starts with D. Her second name is Aaliyah because I always loved that name and I always dreamed of havin a baby girl and I would name her Aaliyah. Last year my dream came true!!

i never really knew what the name aaliyah ment untill i looked it up by then i had my daughter who is now 4 and was really blessed when i read it as sometimes she would just say hallaluyah every now and then. i did also read that her name ment to praise god