Laia

  • [ LAH-yə ]
  • Catalan
Catalan diminutive of EULALIA.

EULALIA   female   Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ευλαλος (eulalos) meaning "sweetly-speaking", itself from ευ (eu) "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk". This was the name of an early 4th-century saint and martyr from Merida in Spain. She is a patron saint of Barcelona.
FULL FORMS
CATALAN: Eulàlia
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GREEK: Eulalia
ENGLISH: Eula, Eulalia, Lalia
FRENCH: Eulalie
HUNGARIAN: Eulália
ITALIAN: Eulalia
PORTUGUESE: Eulália
SLOVAK: Eulália
SPANISH: Eulalia, Olalla