Mala
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning garland or necklace.
Mala by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Mala. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 51 babies in 1956, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malkaqueen209 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mala
Names that are said the same way as Mala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a flower
Like Mala, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mala
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