Alia (name)

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Alia or Aleah is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname[]

  • Gjergj Elez Alia, a legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
  • Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo Heinrichs (1867–1908)
  • Malek Aït Alia (born 1977), Algerian footballer
  • Ramiz Alia (1925–2011), second and last Communist leader of Albania (1985–1991) and head of state (1982–1992)

Given name[]

Alia[]

  • Alia Muhammad Baker, chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library, Basra, Iraq
  • Alia Bano, British playwright of Pashtun origin
  • Alia Bhatt (born 1993), Bollywood actress
  • Alia Ghanem, birth name of Hamida al-Attas (born 1934), mother of Osama bin Laden
  • Alia Humaid Al Qassimi, Emirati surgeon
  • Alia al-Hussein (1948–1977), Queen of Jordan
  • Princess Alia bint Al Hussein (born 1956), eldest child of King Hussein of Jordan
  • Alia Mamdouh (born 1944), Iraqi novelist, author and journalist
  • Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 1978), French retired ice dancer
  • Alia Sabur (born 1989), American materials scientist and world's youngest professor
  • Alia Shawkat (born 1989), American actress
  • Alia Syed (born 1964), Welsh experimental filmmaker and artist
  • Princess Alia Tabba (born 1964), Jordanian princess

Aleah[]

  • Aleah Chapin (born 1986), American painter
  • Aleah Stanbridge (1976–2016), South African singer-songwriter, former singer of death/doom metal band Trees of Eternity.

Fictional characters[]

  • Alia Atreides in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert
  • Alia in the Mega Man X video game series

See also[]

  • Alija — a surname and a given name
  • Aliya — an Arabic given name that is the feminine form of Ali, meaning "high" and "exalted" (also spelled Aaliyah or Alia)
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