Given name & surname

Apala

“one who creates religious music”

Apala is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who creates religious music.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One African interpretation is “one who creates religious music.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is African.

Apala’s family of names

Apala has a related form in Apalah. Apala has a related form in Apalla. Apala has a related form in Apallah.

Walk Apala’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 7

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Apala, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

African

Amandla

“a powerful woman”

No U.S. birth series

24% boys · 76% girls

African · Nature

Obala

“a river goddess”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

African

Afafa

“the firstborn daughter of a second husband”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

African

Abiba

“first child born after the grandmother has died”

No U.S. birth series

2% boys · 98% girls

African

Abeba

“woman who is delicate and flowerlike”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

African

Kacela

“a great huntress”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

African

Azinza

“a seamaiden; a mermaid”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

African

Nangila

“born during travel”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Apala’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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