Given name & surname
Lale
“one who belongs to God”
Lale is a variant of Lael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who belongs to God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lale is a variant of Lael. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who belongs to God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lale is a variant of Lael. An origin associated with Lael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 0 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,131 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,131 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 as a first name in 2020; 226 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lale’s family of names
Lale has a related form in Lael. In Greek usage, Lale as a surname is a transliteration of Λαλέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lale
- Lale AndersenGerman singer and actress (1905–1972)
- Lale OraloğluTurkish actor and director (1924–2007)
- Lale AkgünTurkish-German statesperson and writer (born 1953)
- Lale GülDutch writerborn 1997
- Lale YavaşTurkish-Swiss actor (born 1978)
- Lale MansurTurkish actor (born 1956)
- Lale OrtaTurkish association football referee (born 1960)
- Lale AytamanTurkish statesperson (born 1944)
- Lale KarabıyıkTurkish statesperson (1965–2025)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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