Given name
Lalie
“a well-known holy man”·“well-spoken”·“one who is well-spoken”
Lalie is a variant of Lajos. One Hungarian interpretation is “a well-known holy man.” In English use, Lalie is a diminutive of Eulalie. One Greek interpretation is “well-spoken.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lalie is a variant of Lajos. One Hungarian interpretation is “a well-known holy man.” In English use, Lalie is a diminutive of Eulalie. One Greek interpretation is “well-spoken.” Lalie is a variant of Lalia. One Greek interpretation is “one who is well-spoken.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lalie is a variant of Lajos. An origin associated with Lajos is Hungarian. In English use, Lalie is a diminutive of Eulalie. An origin associated with Eulalie is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Lalie is a diminutive of Eulalie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lalie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 6 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 6 in 1914. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lalie’s family of names
In English usage, Lalie is a diminutive of Eulalie. Lalie has a related form in Lajos. Lalie has a related form in Lalia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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