Around the world, Walaya (วัลยา 
, วัลญา , Walaya 
) is quite a common dominantly girly, but seldom male forename. The forename Walaya is habitual in Thailand, where it is quite a common mostly girly, but uncommonly masculine name, Nigeria, where it is an extremely rare epicene name, and India, where it is an extremely rare largely masculine, but seldom female name. Much less frequently, Walaya is the last name as well as the forename.