Ayliva is a German singer and songwriter. She was born on April 4, 1998, in Recklinghausen, Germany. Her real name is Elif Akar. Ayliva has Turkish roots and grew up in Recklinghausen with her older sister and younger brother. She learned to play guitar, keyboard, and violin and started writing her own songs at the age of ten. After finishing school, she studied philosophy and German language and literature to become a teacher at the University of Bochum.