Throughout the world, アラヤ (Araya 
, Alaya 
, アラヤ 
) is a common epicene given name. The given name アラヤ is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a common largely masculine, but seldom girly name, Tunisia, and Laos, where it is quite a rare girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Ethiopia, India, and Thailand. Likewise, アラヤ is the last name as well as the forename.