"Form of Cataleya"
The name Catalaya is commonly a female name from the "English" origin.
Catalaya is a modern respelling of Cataleya, a name taken from the Cattleya genus of orchids. The genus is named after William Cattley, a nineteenth century English horticulturist who cultivated tropical plants brought to Britain. The spelling with a final -a is the recent form; the Cataleya spelling precedes it in United States birth records.
The pronunciation of Catalaya is kat-uh-LAY-uh.
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