Baby name
Jahia
/JAH-ee-uh/
Meaning
“God is gracious, Yahweh has favored, to be alive, to awaken”
From Hebrew, meaning 'God is gracious' or 'Yahweh has favored'; from Arabic, 'to be alive' or 'to awaken'.
How it ages.
Jahia remains recognizable even as it is chosen less often than before.
The cultural moment.
Jahia has become moderately less common in France in recent years, while remaining an established choice.