Given name
Eulah
“well-spoken”
Eulah is a variant of Eulalie. One Greek interpretation is “well-spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eulah is a variant of Eulalie. One Greek interpretation is “well-spoken.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eulah is a variant of Eulalie. An origin associated with Eulalie is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eulah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,871
- 0 boys · 1,871 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 63 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 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 330 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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