Ala

loc · Latin script

Meaning: exalted, prestige, glory

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Ala is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tunisia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MDMoldova1 in 296(measured from records)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 893
  • SYSyria≈1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tunisia (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
194 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 296 (inferred from the name graph)

Moldova

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Al-A in SA Saudi Arabia, SY Syria, Alà in DZ Algeria and Al'A in IL Israel.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

exalted, prestige, glory. Comp. Aalaa av; benefits. See Aalaa (f.)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ala 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 Ala is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TN Tunisia#729≈13,000 est.≈1 in 893—Ala56
SY Syria—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Al-A22
MD Moldova—11,3761 in 29611K—8
DZ Algeria—≈7,000 est.≈1 in 6.2K—Alà40
SA Saudi Arabia—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 12K—Al-A69
IL Israel—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 8.7K—Al'A30

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: e-services.md — living population register. 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)

Ala is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name94 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Morocco, Jordan, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Arabic, German

    Also written Alae, Ala', Ala’, Al-A, A'La

  • Portuguese given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Tunisia

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Alã, Alá, Ala', Al-A, Alà

  • Hindi name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Ala'

  • Turkish given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Alâ, Âlâ, Âla, Äla, Ala'

  • Russian given name127 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Алла, Alla, Ալլա, Ałła, 'Алла

  • a separate name13 spellings in the group

    Also written Āla, Alā, Âlâ, Alà, Alā'

  • French given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Tunisia

    Also written Àlà, Alà, Alâ, Älä, A-La

  • Indonesian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written A'La, A’la, 'Ala, Ala', Al-A

60 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)

Ala is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Earth.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In Kurdish, Flag, banner and symbol

    as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

  • Polish: pet form of ALICJA . Variant: Alinka .

    as a word

  • In tuw-pro, tasty, sweet

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In Portuguese, wing, branch

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

100012001400160018002000Ala al-Din Husayn, b. 1110Ala ad-Din Tekish, b. 1132Ala Gertner, b. 1912Alaa Al Aswany, b. 1957Alaa Mubarak, b. 1960Alla Tsuper, b. 1979Alaa Abd El-Fatah, b. 1981Alaa Safi, b. 1984Ala Al-Sasi, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 81 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Ala
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—11K#95

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Ala come from?
exalted, prestige, glory. Comp. Aalaa av; benefits. See Aalaa (f.) Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
What does the name Ala mean?
Recorded meaning: exalted, prestige, glory.
In which country does Ala have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Ala in Tunisia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ala.
Where is Ala most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ala is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 296 people — even though Tunisia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ala?
In Moldova, the national register counted 11,376 people named Ala, about 1 in 296 residents.
How common is Ala compared with other names?
In Tunisia, Ala is the 729th most common given name of 13,277 given names recorded there.

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ala” — the 729th most common given name in Tunisia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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