Zalah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Zalah by the numbers
Zalah was given to 5 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 Zalah
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 Zalah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zarahblooming flower; a form of Sarah or Zara42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayahgrace and beauty; a feminine form of Zayn or variant of Zaynah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zilahshade; shadow10 in the US (2017)
- Zelahshadow or rib; biblical place name6 in the US (2017)
- Zylah87 in the US (2017)
- Zaylah47 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zalah
Names that are said the same way as Zalah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Zalah
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