Parula

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Parula is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 1.7M(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 64M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈96 people, est.

Sources
13 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.7M (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Parula counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Parula is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh≈96 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Parula8
US United States≈5 est.≈1 in 64M—Parula11
IN India——2Parula13
BR Brazil——183——
UY Uruguay——55——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Parula is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Parūla, Pārula

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Pārula, Pārūla

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Parula is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In nap, alternative spelling of padula (“swamp, marsh”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Any of the New World warblers of the genus Parula.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Austrumķauķu dzimtas ģints

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Parula
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19616—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19855—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19715—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19934—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19874—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19844—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19814—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19804—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19774—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19504—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19953—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19923—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Parula a male or female name?
Parula is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Parula have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 96 people named Parula in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled parula.
How common is the name Parula?
Mondonomo estimates about 96 people in Bangladesh have Parula as their first given name, about 1 in 1.7 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Parula”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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