Nahla
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning drink of water, first drink.
Nahla by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Nahla. In the US, 175 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 306 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Nahla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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Names that are said the same way as Nahla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean water
Like Nahla, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
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