Alah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Alah by the numbers
Alah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Alah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Avahlife; bird; a respelling of Ava514 in the US (2017)
- Ayahsign, verse of the Quran338 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aylahdoe or gazelle; hebrew origin38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adahornament87 in the US (2017)
- Alaanobility or elevation28 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alah
Names that are said the same way as Alah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 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)
- Aalanoble or high-born3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alah
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