Zala
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Zala by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Zala. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zala
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 Zala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zarablooming flower or princess625 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zolaball of earth or soil236 in the US (2017)
- Zadafortunate or prosperous48 in the US (2017)
- Zanahospitable; a form of Xenia or diminutive of Susanna8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zahablooming flower; shining light12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayla205 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zala
Names that are said the same way as Zala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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