Hiraya
Meaning
an old Tagalog word for the fruit of one's hopes and dreams, known from the blessing hiraya manawari, may your wishes come true. A defining pick of the 2020s Tagalog-revival cohort, chosen by parents reaching past the Spanish classics to precolonial words.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hiraya has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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