"Traditional name"
The name Laia is commonly a female name.
Laia is a Catalan given name, a standard short form of Eulàlia, the Catalan form of the Greek name Eulalia, formed from eu, meaning well, and lalein, meaning to speak. Eulàlia is the name of a fourth-century martyr venerated in Barcelona, and the shortened form Laia is the ordinary everyday version of the name in Catalan. It is documented as a given name in Catalan-speaking areas well before its first appearance in United States birth records.
The pronunciation of Laia is LYE-uh.
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