Hla

given name · Latin script

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

Hla is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 587(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 54K
  • USUnited States1 in 468K

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.

Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)

≈96,000 people, est.

Sources
100 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 587 (inferred from the name graph)

Myanmar (Burma), est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

Hla 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 Hla is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MM Myanmar (Burma)#43≈96,000 est.≈1 in 587listedHla68
CN China—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 484K—Hla7
SY Syria—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 15K—Hla3
US United States—7111 in 468K506Hla100
MY Malaysia—≈610 est.≈1 in 54K—Hla19
SG Singapore—≈240 est.≈1 in 26K—Hla30
IL Israel—≈48 est.≈1 in 181K—Hla4

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: the mm-github-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)

Hla is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Hlae, Hlä, Hĺa, ̈hla

  • Arabic given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia

    Also written H'La, Hlã, Hlà, Hlä

  • Malay given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Hlä

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Syria, United States

    Also written Hlà, Hlä, Hlã

35 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)

Hla is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Abbreviation of human leukocyte antigen.

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

  • ISO 639-3 language code for Halia.

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

  • In Xhosa, to descend, to go down

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

  • In ilu, what, something

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In lic, fish

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

  • In bdq, leaf

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

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)

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 19 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Hla
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020368#15,999
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020343#15,999
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20095—
MM Myanmar (Burma)Myanmar romanized given names (GitHub)———
MM Myanmar (Burma)Myanmar romanized given names (GitHub)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Is Hla a male or female name?
Hla is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Hla have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 96 thousand people named Hla in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hla.
How common is the name Hla?
In the United States, the national register counted 711 people named Hla in 2020, about 1 in 468 thousand residents.
How common is Hla compared with other names?
In Myanmar (Burma), Hla is the 43rd most common given name of 9,528 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.

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, “Hla” — the 43rd most common given name in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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