Chaya (Hebrew given name)
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Chaya is a Hebrew female given name ({{langx|he|חַיָּה}} {{transl|he|Ḥayyah}}, Classical Hebrew: {{IPA|he|ħajˈjaː|}}, Israeli Hebrew: {{IPA|he|ˈχaja, ħaˈja|}}; English pronunciations: {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɑː|j|ɑː}} {{respell|HAH|yah}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|x|ɑː|j|ɑː}} {{respell|KHAH|yah}}). With its literal meaning "living", it is considered to be a feminine couterpart of the Hebrew masculine given name Haim. It has a number of other transliterations: Chaja, Haya, Khaya, Haia. East Slavic spelling: {{lang|ru|Хая}}.
Approximately before 1920s, for Ashkenazi Jews in Europe it was customary to record legal names of females in diminutive form.[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/givennames/yidnames.htm 5.2. YIDDISH NAMES] from the project "GIVEN NAMES, JUDAISM, AND JEWISH HISTORY" of JewishGen In the case of Chaya these were Chayka ({{langx|he|חייקה}}), Chaika, Chajka, Khaika, Khayka, etc. East Slavic spelling: {{lang|ru|Хайка}}.
Notable people with the given name include:
Variants of Chaya
- Chaja Florentin, interviewed in the 2009 German documentary Chaja & Mimi
- Chaja Goldstein (1908–1999), Polish-born Dutch dancer and singer
- Chaja Rubinstein, birth name of Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), Polish-born American business magnate
- Chaya Arbel (1921–2007), Israeli composer
- Chaya Clara Heyn, Israeli botanist and professor
- Chaya Czernowin (born 1957), Israeli composer
- {{ill|Chaya Schwartz|he|חיה שוורץ}} (1921–2007), Israeli artist, recipient of several Dizengoff Prizes
- Chaya Gusfield, American attorney and rabbi
- Chaya Kaufman, birth name of Ariel Durant, Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer
- Chaya Lispector, birth name of Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer
- Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (fl. 1860), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901–1988), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty
- Chaya Raichik (born 1990), American blogger and owner of Libs of TikTok
- Haia Lifșiț (1903–1929), Russian Empire-born Romanian communist
- Haya Freedman (1923–2005), Polish-born Israeli mathematician
- Haya Harareet (1931–2021), Israeli actress
- Haya Kaspi, Israeli mathematician
- Haya Shalom, Israeli lesbian feminist and human rights activist
- Haya Shenhav (born 1936), Israeli author of stories and poems for both children and adults
Variants of Chayka
- Chajka, (died 1781), mistress of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski
- Chajka Klinger (1917–1958), Jewish Holocaust resistance fighter
- Haika Grossman (1919–1996), Israeli politician, member of Knesset
See also
- [https://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=מיוחד:דפים_המתחילים_ב/חיה&hideredirects=1 All pages] in Hebrew Wikipedia starting with {{lang|he|חיה}}
- {{startswith|Chaya}}
- {{startswith|Chaja}}
- {{startswith|Haya}}
- {{startswith|Haia}}
- {{startswith|Chajka}}
- {{startswith|Haika}}
- {{startswith|Khaika}}
- {{startswith|Khayka}}
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