Alaz

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
15
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1705
15 babies

Alaz by the numbers

In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Alaz. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Alaz

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 Alaz. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
  • Alaanobility or elevation28 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alamuniverse or world9 in the US (2017)
  • Ayaz70 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alay6 in the US (2017)
  • Araz5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Alaz

Names that are said the same way as Alaz, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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