Given name & surname
Sala
“from the sacred sala tree”
Sala is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “from the sacred sala tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “from the sacred sala tree.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 0 boys · 285 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,761 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +24%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,761 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 551 as a first name in 2020; 3,199 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.
Sala’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Sala as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Sá. Sala has a related form in Salah. Sala has a related form in Salah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sala has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hindi roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sala
- Sala BakerNew Zealand actorborn 1976
- Sala BurtonAmerican politician (1925-1987)
- Sala KirschnerHolocaust survivor and author (1924-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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