Given name & surname
Sarala
“straight”·“honest”
Sarala has Sanskrit roots associated with straightness and honesty, as well as a botanical use.
Meaning & origin
What it means
The word means “straight” or “honest.” It is also a name for a type of pine tree.
Where it comes from
Sarala comes from the Sanskrit word sarala.
How it developed
Sarala appears in classical and medieval Sanskrit texts. Its descriptive and botanical senses belong to the same underlying word.
The story
The word’s long literary use gives the name a background in Sanskrit vocabulary; its meanings do not imply a particular personality for its bearer.
Sarala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 431 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.
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