Throughout the world, Vaia (Vaia 
, Vaya 
, Вайа 
) is a common primarily female, but scarcely male first name. The first name Vaia is habitual in Greece, where it is a common girly name, Mali, where it is a rare boy's name, and India, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Greece, India, and Indonesia. Likewise, Vaia is the last name as well as the forename.