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أَولِيَا

Aulia

OW-lee-ah

Friends of God; saints.”

About Aulia

Aulia is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "friends of god; saints" — an Indonesian-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

Indonesian usage borrowed from Arabic 'awliya' (plural of 'wali') meaning 'friends of God, saints'. Used as a feminine name in Indonesia.

Common Indonesian feminine name.

Origin & roots

Origin

Indonesian · Arabic

Gender

Girl

Root letters

و ل يW-L-Y

Across the Malay world, names with these consonants arrived alongside Islam itself — first by sea, then by family lineage.

How to say it

OW·lee·ah

Stressed syllable in capitals

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Aulia: Meaning, Pronunciation, and Origin · Houdhoud