Given name
Alala
“resembling an endangered crow”
Alala is used as a given name. One Hawaiian interpretation is “resembling an endangered crow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “resembling an endangered crow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ἀλαλά, from Ancient Greek ἀλαλή (“loud cry, war cry”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alala’s family of names
Alala has a related form in Alalah. Alala has a related form in Alalla. Alala has a related form in Alallah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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