Entry № 4331 · Hebrew origin

Hodaya Hodaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ho-DAH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Gratitude, thanksgiving to God"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "gratitude, thanksgiving to god".

Hodaya (הוֹדָיָה) is the Hebrew word for "gratitude" or "thanksgiving to God" — from hodu (give thanks). A modern Israeli feminine name.

Hodaya is widely used in Israel.

Gratitude to God. The Hebrew thanksgiving.

The name in its native script.

הוֹדָיָה
Transliteration
Hōdāyāh
Pronunciation
/ hoʊˈdɑː.jə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Hodaya stands.

Hodaya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hodayas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Hodaya
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Hodaya.

The number behind Hodaya.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hodaya reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.