Makalah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makalah by the numbers

Makalah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 107 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Makalah

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

  • Makaylahwho is like God; a form of Michaela65 in the US (2017)
  • Makayahwho is like god; respelling of micaiah or makiah9 in the US (2017)
  • Mikalahwho is like god; a variant of michaela
  • Makylah15 in the US (2017)
  • Makala13 in the US (2017)
  • Makailah11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makalah

Names that are said the same way as Makalah, 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)
  • 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)
  • Makyla37 in the US (2017)
  • Makeyla16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makalah

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