Ale

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: ale (intoxicating liquor)

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

/ale/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay≈1 in 3.7K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 4.6K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈23,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
157 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AleLatin(measured from records)
ΑλεGreek(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

ME Ala, short form of names in Al-; first attested Ala de Bedingh’ 1204 Cur (Sx)

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

How Ale is read(measured from records)

Ale is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish55%

    ale (intoxicating liquor)

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

  • English12%

    ME Ala, short form of names in Al-; first attested Ala de Bedingh’ 1204 Cur (Sx)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

    Ala de Bedingh’ 1204 Cur (Sx); Nicholas filius Ale 1218 P(St); Alle Dockett 1642 PrD; John Ale 1296 SRSx; Thomas Alle 1379 PTY. ME Ala, a short form of names in Al-. A’Lea, A’Lee SRSx; John a Lyghe 1544 Musters (Sr). For atte Leye ‘dweller at the clearing’, OE lēah.

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

    A beer made without hops.

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

  • Italian6.2%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ale in Italian.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ale 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 Ale is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy—≈23,000 est.≈1 in 2.8K2Ale26
CL Chile#803≈8,800 est.≈1 in 2.1K1Ale68
BO Bolivia—≈5,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Ale15
CO Colombia—≈5,000 est.≈1 in 9.8K—Ale53
GT Guatemala#363≈3,700 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Ale33
US United States—1,1431 in 291K813Ale157
UY Uruguay#253≈910 est.≈1 in 3.7K—Ale29

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)

Ale is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Nepali given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nepal, Malaysia

    Also written Aľĕ, Āle, Alê, Ãĺê, Älë

  • English given name43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Italy, Nigeria

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Alé, Ale', Alê, Alë, A-Le

  • Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Alé, Alè, Alê, Ălë

  • Arabic given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, India, Türkiye

    Also written Al-E, Alé, Àĺè, Âlê, Alê

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Alé, Åle, Āle, A-Le, Alė

  • Italian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, France, Spain

    Also written Alè, Alé, Alê, Ale'

  • Lao given name103 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Italy

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written เอล, อเล, อาเล, อีเล, Elu

  • French given name23 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Italy, United States, Spain

    Also written Alé, Alê, Àlé, Älë, Alë

  • Amharic given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Italy, United States, India

    Languages: Amharic, Tigrinya

    Also written አል, አሌ, አለ, Al, Alà

66 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)

Ale is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In tut-pro, below, lower

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

  • In aa, signifies surprise; wow!

    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)

1850190019502000Ale Porkka, b. 1892Ale Holopainen, b. 1908Ale Dee, b. 1953Ale Möller, b. 1955Ale S. van Zandbergen, b. 1956Ale de la Puente, b. 1968Ale Carr, b. 1989Ale García, b. 1991Ivette Alejandra Garcia Morales, b. 1994Ale Muller, b. 1997

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Ale,Hi Ale, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 67 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Ale
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020813#30,686
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010663#34,223
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000514#40,139

Reference works 6

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

What are other forms of the name Ale?
In the etymology graph, Sandra, Alex and Sandrine are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Alejandro and Alejandra.
Where does the name Ale come from?
ME Ala, short form of names in Al-; first attested Ala de Bedingh’ 1204 Cur (Sx) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Ale?
A machine transcription gives /ale/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Ale a male or female name?
Ale 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.
What does the name Ale mean?
In Spanish, ale (intoxicating liquor)
In which country does Ale have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Ale in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ale.
How common is the name Ale?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,143 people named Ale in 2020, about 1 in 291 thousand residents.
How common is Ale compared with other names?
In Uruguay, Ale is the 253rd most common given name of 12,212 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, “Ale” — the 253rd most common given name in Uruguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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