Àla

given name · Latin script

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

Àla is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tunisia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala), from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Doublet of ela.

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

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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

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)

Derivation of Àla: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Àla
  1. Ottoman Turkishآلاala(measured from records)
  2. Proto-Turkic*āla“variegated”(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala), from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Doublet of ela.

Sources 5

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names
  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Àla 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 Àla 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)

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

  • French given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Tunisia

    Also written Ala, Àlà, Alà, Alâ, Älä

  • 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', Ala’, Al-A

  • Turkish given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Alâ, Âlâ, Âla, Äla, Ala

  • a separate name12 spellings in the group

    Also written Ăla, Alâ, Aĺá, Alà, Alá

2 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Àla under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Àla mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala), from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Doublet of ela. Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese and 3 other sources.
Is Àla a male or female name?
Àla 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 Àla have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Àla in Tunisia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ala.
Where is Àla most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Àla is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 296 people — even though Tunisia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Àla?
In Moldova, the national register counted 11,376 people named Àla, about 1 in 296 residents.
How common is Àla compared with other names?
In Tunisia, Àla 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.

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, “Àla” — the 729th most common given name in Tunisia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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