Zaela

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaela by the numbers

Zaela was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Zaela

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

  • Zayla205 in the US (2017)
  • Zaila39 in the US (2017)
  • Zala12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zela9 in the US (2017)
  • Zaeda7 in the US (2017)
  • Zaelah7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaela

Names that are said the same way as Zaela, 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 Zaela

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