Makala
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Makala by the numbers
Makala was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 277 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Makala
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 Makala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Makanagift; present18 in the US (2017)
- Mikalawho is like God; variant of Mikayla or Michaela12 in the US (2017)
- Mikalwho is like God; a form of Michael28 in the US (2017)
- Makaniwind21 in the US (2017)
- Manaiaspiritual guardian or mythical being11 in the US (2017)
- Mikalewho is like god; a form of michael10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Makala
Names that are said the same way as Makala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)
- Makaylahwho is like God; a form of Michaela65 in the US (2017)
- Makailawho is like God; modern spelling of Michaela53 in the US (2017)
- Mackaylawho is like god; a form of michaela30 in the US (2017)
- Macaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael17 in the US (2017)
- Macaulayson of Olaf; from mac Amhlaoibh8 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Makala
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