Xaelah

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

Xaelah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Xaelah

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

Sounds like Xaelah

Names that are said the same way as Xaelah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • ZayleahGod remembers; a form of Zachary11 in the US (2017)
  • ZayliaGod remembers; a form of Zachary4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zalayah43 in the US (2017)
  • Zalaya28 in the US (2017)
  • Zalia23 in the US (2017)
  • Zaleah22 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Xaelah

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