Jalah

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jalah by the numbers

Jalah was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jalah

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

  • Jarah6 in the US (2017)
  • Jahanthe world; universe32 in the US (2017)
  • Jorahthe lord sees or teaches22 in the US (2017)
  • Jawanyoung man or soldier10 in the US (2017)
  • Jirahhe will see; from root ראה7 in the US (2017)
  • Jadiahgod is my judge; a form of Judah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jalah

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

Names about as common as Jalah

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