Alia (name)

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)