Kayah
Around 84 women in Poland carry it, so most people have never met one. The name comes from Hebrew, meaning "forgiveness".
Kayah Pronunciation
Kayah is pronounced kah-IH-ahkh (/kaˈɨax/).
What Kayah means
Where Kayah comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kayah traces back to Hebrew, and the meaning fastened to it is forgiveness. That reading gives the name a moral weight most first names never claim outright.
In Poland the name has a face. Kayah is the stage name of Katarzyna Szczot, the singer whose 1999 album with Goran Bregović became one of the best-selling Polish records of its decade. For many Polish ears the sound arrives already attached to her voice.
A child called Kayah will stand out on a class register. The name has no Polish diminutive of its own, no soft -ka to round it off, so it stays whole when a teacher reads down the list. That plainness suits it.
The meaning does the rest. Forgiveness is a large idea to hand a small person. The name states it plainly: forgiveness, przebaczenie.
How many people are named Kayah
1 in 268379 women in Poland is named Kayah. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3865 among female names.
Kayah's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kayah as a middle name
Kayah is a first name for 84 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3011th, between Karmina (7) and Kemi (7).
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#3009 Kali7
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#3010 Karmina7
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#3011 Kayah7
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#3012 Kemi7
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#3013 Kerry7