Entry № 1330 · Berber, Arabic origin

Lalla Lalla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ LAH-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Berber, Arabic
Meaning
"Lady (Berber/Arabic; Kashmir's poet-saint)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Berber)

A name that means "lady (berber/arabic; kashmir's poet-saint)".

Lalla is the Berber-Arabic honorific for "lady" or "holy woman" — used widely across North Africa and the Islamic Mediterranean. **Lalla Ded (c. 1320-1392)** was the great **mystic poet-saint of Kashmir** — her vakhs (verse-couplets) are the foundation of Kashmiri literature, revered by both Hindus and Muslims.

Used widely across the Maghreb and Kashmir.

Lady. The Berber-Arabic; Lalla Ded the mystic poet-saint of Kashmir.

The name in its native script.

Lalla
Transliteration
Lalla
Pronunciation
/ ˈlɑːl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lalla stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Lalla · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Lallas before her.

Real people
Lalla Ded
Kashmiri mystic poet-saint.
c. 1320 – 1392
In fiction
Lalla
Featured in J.M.G. Le Clézio's Désert.
1980

Names connected to Lalla.

The number behind Lalla.

6

The Nurturer

Lalla reduces to six — the number of Berber lady.

Why families chose this name.

"Kashmir mystic. Five letters. Lalla."
Lalla · Mother of one · Marrakesh