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Around the globe, آیا (Aia , آیا) is quite a common largely female, but infrequently male first name. The first name آیا is habitual in Egypt, where it is quite a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently masculine name, Libya, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Egypt, Iraq, and India. Very seldom, آیا is the last name as well as the forename.
آیا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aia , the musical character in the musical Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings.