Across the world, 吉亚 (Jiya 
, 吉亚 
) is a common gender-neutral given name. The first name 吉亚 is characteristic of Nigeria, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but uncommonly girly name, India, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and United Arab Emirates. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, 吉亚 is the last name as well as the forename.