Nala Forename
16,900th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 55,564 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Bhutan
Nala Forename Definition:
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Legendary king, of romantic history, who figures prominently in Anold’s Indian Idylls.
Nala Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 71% | 48,567 | 1:25,014 | 3,566 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,792 | 1:108,459 | 4,663 |
| Indonesia | 82% | 1,612 | 1:160,027 | 16,342 |
| South Africa | 87% | 720 | 1:75,740 | 6,759 |
| Nepal | 63% | 539 | 1:52,852 | 3,720 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 442 | 1:401,729 | 13,540 |
| United States | 100% | 215 | 1:1,686,218 | 29,769 |
| Malawi | 67% | 190 | 1:90,065 | 5,143 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 151 | 1:201,655 | 11,640 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66% | 149 | 1:54,714 | 5,288 |
| Bhutan | 96% | 131 | 1:6,297 | 453 |
| DR Congo | 68% | 130 | 1:567,905 | 19,370 |
| Thailand | 100% | 90 | 1:778,509 | 31,524 |
| Canada | - | 80 | 1:414,167 | 11,692 |
| Russia | 100% | 57 | 1:2,530,416 | 15,714 |
| Senegal | 53% | 50 | 1:291,627 | 4,915 |
| Brazil | 91% | 49 | 1:4,372,166 | 71,459 |
| Afghanistan | 71% | 47 | 1:694,117 | 10,091 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 47 | 1:391,053 | 14,356 |
| Cambodia | 69% | 42 | 1:387,460 | 9,301 |
| Cameroon | 90% | 32 | 1:675,328 | 20,004 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Turkey | 100% | 30 | 1:2,593,390 | 16,208 |
| Iraq | 60% | 29 | 1:1,207,512 | 9,085 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 27 | 1:91,065 | 2,759 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 25 | 1:225,103 | 4,527 |
| Philippines | 90% | 24 | 1:4,417,062 | 79,224 |
| England | 67% | 23 | 1:2,417,518 | 28,771 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Australia | - | 12 | 1:1,138,135 | 12,831 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 12 | 1:1,980,807 | 51,381 |
| Moldova | 63% | 11 | 1:323,740 | 2,377 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Ivory Coast | 57% | 7 | 1:3,296,562 | 60,611 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Palestine | 100% | 5 | 1:910,012 | 3,841 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Benin | 100% | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| Belgium | - | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Georgia | 50% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Germany | 100% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Niger | 50% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Sweden | 50% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Czechia | 67% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Italy | 100% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Netherlands | 87% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Nala (28,851) may also be a surname.
Nala Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Sanskrit name, meaning: Legendary king, of romantic history, who figures prominently in Anold’s Indian Idylls.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Nala Forename Popularity
Nala Demographics
Nala Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sample size: 15 (2014)
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Phonetically Similar Names
Nala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nala in the Russian language | ||
| Нала | nala | - |
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