Aaliyah - Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number (Official HD Video)

Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born on January 16, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York,the younger child of Diane and Michael “Miguel“ Haughton, a warehouse worker.  She was of African-American descent.  Her name is the feminine form of the Arabic “Ali“, meaning “highest, most exalted one, the best.“  Aaliyah was fond of her name, calling it “beautiful“ and saying she was “very proud of it“ and strove to live up to her name every day. Rest in peace baby ... The One and Only El Allah The Goddes of R&B In Arabic, Ali is derived from the Arabic root ʕ-l-w, which literally means “high“, “elevated“ or “champion“, The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with “Ali“, such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In Old Norse, Áli and Åle are alternative forms of Onela. Ali is a Finnish male given name, derived from Aleksanteri. Islam Al-Ali (The Sublimely Exalted), one of the 99 names of God in Islam