Given name
Lalah
“resembling a tulip”
Lalah is a variant of Lala. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a tulip.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lalah is a variant of Lala. One Slavic interpretation is “resembling a tulip.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lalah is a variant of Lala. An origin associated with Lala is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lalah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 457
- 0 boys · 457 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,245 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,245 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 358 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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