Vala
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Vala by the numbers
Vala was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Vala
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 Vala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Valevalley; a low-lying area of land41 in the US (2017)
- Varaboon; gift; blessing4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Velasails; also a southern constellation16 in the US (2017)
- Valstrength; a diminutive of Valerie or Valentine12 in the US (2017)
- Valison of Odin in Norse mythology5 in the US (2017)
- Vada265 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Vala
Names that are said the same way as Vala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Vala
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