Given name & surname
Valla
“the chosen one; singled out”
Valla is a variant of Vala. One German interpretation is “the chosen one; singled out.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valla is a variant of Vala. One German interpretation is “the chosen one; singled out.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valla is a variant of Vala. An origin associated with Vala is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Italian Valla, from Swedish Valla, from Albanian Valla.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 222
- 0 boys · 222 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 10 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 as a first name in 2020; 515 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.
Valla’s family of names
Valla has a related form in Vala. In English usage, Valla as a surname has a related form in Valle. In Greek usage, Valla as a surname is a transliteration of Βάλλα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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