Arla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 82 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arla by the numbers
In 2025, 82 babies in England and Wales were named Arla. In the US, 15 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 64 babies in 1934, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Arla
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.
Names that come from Arla
Forms of Arla in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Arletteeagle; a form of Arla or Arlene234 in the US (2017)
- Arla-Roseeagle lake; a form of Arla with Rose9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlyeagle lake; variant of Arla or Arlo9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arla-Raeeagle; a form of Arla with Rae suffix5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlieagle; diminutive of Arla or Arlene4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arwafemale mountain goat or ibex133 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arla
Names that are said the same way as Arla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Arla
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