Hala is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “the aura of light around the moon.” In 2024 it was given to 46 girls in the United States.
Hala belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the aura of light around the moon” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hala first appears in Social Security records in 1887. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1208 in 1887, and in 2024 46 babies received the name — 1,756 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hala means “the aura of light around the moon” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hala is a girl name. In 2024, 46 babies received the name in the US.
Hala comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Hala first appears in US records in 1887. Its best-ever ranking was #1208 in 1887, and 46 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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