Chaya is a Hebrew female given name ( ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ; English pronunciations: , ). With its literal meaning "living", it is considered to be a feminine couterpart of the Hebrew masculine given name

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In the case of Chaya these were Chayka (), Chaika, Chajka, Khaika, Khayka, etc. East Slavic spelling: . Notable people with the given name include:

Variants of Chaya

*Chaja Florentin, interviewed in the 2009 German documentary '' Chaja & Mimi'' * Chaja Goldstein (1908–1999), Polish-born Dutch dancer and singer *Chaja Rubinstein, birth name of

Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein (born Chaja Rubinstein; December 25, 1872 – April 1, 1965) was a Polish and American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist. A cosmetics entrepreneur, she was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporate ...

(1872–1965), Polish-born American business magnate *

Chaya Arbel Chaya Arbel (; June 8, 1921 – December 14, 2006) was an Israeli composer. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel, ACUM Prize. Biography A ...

(1921–2007), Israeli composer * Chaya Clara Heyn (1924–1998), Israeli botanist and professor *

Chaya Czernowin Chaya Czernowin (, ; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American composer, and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude Sommerakademie, a biannual international academy of c ...

(born 1957), Israeli composer * (1921–2007), Israeli artist, recipient of several Dizengoff Prizes * Chaya Gusfield, American attorney and rabbi *Chaya Kaufman, birth name of

Ariel Durant Ariel Durant (; May 10, 1898 – October 25, 1981) was a Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer. She was the coauthor of '' The Story of Civilization'' with her husband, Will Durant. They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non ...

(1898–1981), Ukrainian-born American researcher and writer *Chaya Lispector, birth name of

Clarice Lispector Clarice Lispector (, born Chaya Pinkhasivna Lispector (; ) December 10, 1920December 9, 1977) was a Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer. Her distinctive and innovative works delve into diverse narrative forms, weaving them ...

(1920–1977), Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer * Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (fl. 1860), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty *

Chaya Mushka Schneerson Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson (; March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988), referred to by Lubavitchers as ''The Rebbetzin'', was the wife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch ...

(1901–1988), member of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty *Chaya Raichik (born 1990), American blogger and owner of

Libs of TikTok Libs of TikTok is a handle for various far-right and anti-LGBT social-media accounts operated by Chaya Raichik ( ), a former real estate agent. Raichik uses the accounts to repost content created by left-wing and LGBT people on TikTok or othe ...

Haia Lifșiț Haia Lifșiț or Lifschitz (; December 14, 1903 – August 17, 1929) was a Romanian communist who died as a result of a hunger strike while in detention for her political opinions. Biography She was born in Chișinău, Kishinev, Bessarabia, in a ...

(1903–1929), Russian Empire-born Romanian communist *

Haya Freedman Haya Freedman (; 1923–2005) was a Polish-born Israeli mathematician known for her research on the Tamari lattice and on ring theory, and as a teacher of mathematics at the London School of Economics. Early life and education Haya Freedman wa ...

(1923–2005), Polish-born Israeli mathematician *

Haya Harareet Haya Harareet (; 20 September 1931 – 3 February 2021) was an Israeli actress and screenwriter. One of her major film roles was playing Esther, Ben Hur's love interest in the 1959 Hollywood-made film ''Ben-Hur''. Early life Haya Neuberg () was ...

(1931–2021), Israeli actress *

Haya Kaspi Haya Kaspi (; born 6 October 1948) is an Israeli operations researcher, statistician, and probability theorist. She is a professor emeritus of industrial engineering and management at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Education an ...

(born 1948), Israeli mathematician *

Haya Shalom Haya Shalom (; born December 4, 1944, in Jerusalem, Israel) is a lesbian feminist and human rights activist. She graduated from Hebrew University in Jerusalem in History Studies. Shalom was nominated among 1000 women for The Nobel Peace Prize. S ...

(born 1944), Israeli lesbian feminist and human rights activist *

Haya Shenhav Haya Shenhav (; born December 9, 1936) is an Israeli author of stories and poems for both children and adults. She is best known for her children's book ''Rasberry Juice'' (Hebrew: מיץ פטל) by Am Oved Publishing (1970). In 1985, Shenhav was ...

(born 1936), Israeli author of stories and poems for both children and adults

Variants of Chayka

Chajka Chajka (''Czajka'') (d. after 14 November 1781), mistress of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski. She was a Pole of Jewish ancestry. She was daughter of the Jewish merchant Abramek Lwowski (''Abramek of Lwów'') and lived in Żwaniec ...

, (died 1781), mistress of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski *

Chajka Klinger Chajka Klinger (; September 25, 1917April 18, 1958) was the leader of the Jewish Fighting Organization in Będzin Ghetto, interrogated under torture by the Gestapo, escaped and was the first of the ghetto fighters to arrive to Israel. Biograph ...

(1917–1958), Jewish Holocaust resistance fighter *

Haika Grossman Haika Grossman (; 20 November 1919 – 26 May 1996) was an Israeli politician and member of Knesset. In her youth, she was a Zionist leader in Europe, a partisan, and a participant in the ghetto uprisings in occupied Poland. Grossman was born i ...

(1919–1996), Israeli politician, member of Knesset

References

{{reflist Hebrew feminine given names

Variants of Chaya

Variants of Chayka

See also

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