Given name & surname
Halla
“an unexpected gift”
Halla is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “an unexpected gift.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “an unexpected gift.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Halla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 293
- 0 boys · 293 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 21 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 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 447 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 47,149 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Halla’s family of names
Halla has a related form in Hala. Halla has a related form in Halah. Halla has a related form in Hallah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Halla
- Halla TómasdóttirPresident of Icelandborn 1968
- Halla Margrét ÁrnadóttirIcelandic singerborn 1964
- Halla Bouksanibadminton playerborn 2000
- Halla Hrund LogadóttirIcelandic scientistborn 1981
- Halla Signý KristjánsdóttirIcelandic Member of Parliamentborn 1964
- Halla Diyabwriter/TV Punditborn 2000
- Halla VilhjálmsdóttirIcelandic television, film actress and singerborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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