Baby name
STABLE GIRL · FILIPINO
🇵🇭 🇺🇸 Malaya
/mah · LAH · yah/
Meaning
“Free, in Tagalog”
Filipino name from the Tagalog word malaya, meaning 'free' or 'independent'.
How it ages.
A clear, meaningful name with a strong Filipino identity, easy to say and rooted in a word for freedom.
The cultural moment.
Rare outside the Philippines; mostly used in Filipino and Filipino American families in the United States.