Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Thula isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Thula through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 0 boys · 164 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 12 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 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1921.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thula’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Thula, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Thelma
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Thora
“thunder”
>99% girls
Beulah
“married” · “woman who is claimed as a wife”
>99% girls
Leola
“one who is faithful; loyal” · “having the strength of a lion”
>99% girls
Una
“one who is pure; chaste”
>99% girls
Lela
“night” · “a beauty of the night; born at nightfall”
>99% girls
Lilla
Lilla is a variant of Lily. One English interpretation is “resembling the flower; one who is innocent and beautiful.”
>99% girls
Lovella
“having a soft spirit”
>99% girls