At a Glance: Name: Alara – Origin: Turkish (place name, ultimate root uncertain) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: ah-LAH-rah
Alara is a Turkish (place name, ultimate root uncertain) girl's name. It appears in 6 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Alara
Origin: Turkish (place name, ultimate root uncertain).
A common claim: widely claimed to mean 'water fairy' in Turkish mythology Actually: The 'water fairy' meaning is a popular claim, but Alara is better explained as a Turkish place name (a river and castle in Antalya) with an uncertain deeper root, not a documented mythological term.
How to Pronounce Alara
Phonetic: ah-LAH-rah IPA: /ɑːˈlɑːrɑː/
Popularity of Alara
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1989–2024.
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