Nashla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 43 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
43
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nashla by the numbers

Nashla was given to 43 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 47 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nashla

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

  • Nahladrink of water, first drink175 in the US (2017)
  • Nashwaexhilaration, elation3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nashly35 in the US (2017)
  • Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nasrahelper, aid, victory6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nishkanight, darkness, evening5 in England and Wales (2025)

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