Alarah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Alarah by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Alarah.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alarah
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 Alarah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amarahimmortal; eternal; a form of Amara52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanahfair, bright; a form of Alana153 in the US (2017)
- Atarahcrown125 in the US (2017)
- Azarahhelp; aid; a form of Azariah14 in the US (2017)
- Adarahnoble; exalted8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alarah
Names that are said the same way as Alarah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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