The Meaning of Kaya

The very 1st name that came across my mind was to named him " BUTTER" based on his color of his coat. For some reason, it sounded so gay calling up "BUTTER" wherever we go.


The name "KAYA" came across while my partner, Mike was walking to work in the morning and passed by a Kopitiam - meaning a coffee shop found in Southeast Asia. We both decided "KAYA" is a prefect name for our Baby Kaya.


Here are some information & meaning where the words come from:


Coconut jam, coco jam, or kaya (Malay: kaya or seri kaya; Tagalog: matamis sa bao, matamis na bao, or kalamay-hati; Hokkien: 咖吔 ka-iā) is a food spread, a fruit curd in the general sense, consumed mainly in Southeast Asia and made from a base of coconut and sugar.

Malaysia and Singapore

Kaya, also called sri kaya (from the word meaning "rich" in Malay based on its golden color) or coconut egg jam, is a coconut jam made from coconut milk, duck or chicken eggs which are flavored by pandan leaf and sweetened with sugar. The spread originated in Southeast Asia, most likely Indonesia or Malaysia. This is reflected by its tropical ingredients santan (coconut milk) and pandan leaf. Kaya is sweet and creamy, available as a golden brown or green colored spread depending on the amount of pandan and extent of caramelization of the sugar. As with other jams, kaya is typically spread on toast to make kaya toast and eaten in the morning but is enjoyed throughout the day.

Kaya is used as a topping for several desserts including pulut taitai or pulut tekan, a dessert of sweet glutinous rice coloured blue with butterfly pea flowers (bunga telang), and pulut seri muka, a similar dessert but coloured green with pandan leaves. It is also used with glutinous rice to make kuih seri kaya.