Alaa
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning nobility or elevation.
Alaa by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Alaa. In the US, 69 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alaa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Alaa
Names that are said the same way as Alaa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aylahdoe or gazelle; hebrew origin38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleadice or game of chance18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanoble, high6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ailahdeer; gazelle9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alawoffspring, progeny16 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Alaa, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alaa
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