Given name
Pearla
“a precious gem of the sea”
Pearla is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pearla is a variant of Pearl. One Latin interpretation is “a precious gem of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pearla is a variant of Pearl. An origin associated with Pearl is Yiddish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pearla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 559
- 0 boys · 559 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,866 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,866 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 637 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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