Given name & surname
Lalia
“one who is well-spoken”
Lalia is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is well-spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is well-spoken.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lalia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 351
- 0 boys · 351 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,636 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,636 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 518 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.
Lalia’s family of names
Lalia has a related form in Lali. Lalia has a related form in Laly. Lalia has a related form in Lalea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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