At a Glance: Name: Lala – Meaning: a term of respectful address, roughly comparable to calling someone 'elder brother' – Origin: Persian (also used informally in Slavic contexts as a pet form of various names) – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: LAH-lah
Lala is a Persian (also used informally in Slavic contexts as a pet form of various names) unisex name meaning “a term of respectful address, roughly comparable to calling someone 'elder brother'”. It appears in our list of 150+ Russian Baby Girl Names That Are Beautifully Underrated.
Meaning & Origin of Lala
Meaning: A term of respectful address, roughly comparable to calling someone 'elder brother'.
Origin: Persian (also used informally in Slavic contexts as a pet form of various names).
A common claim: Lala is a pet form of Larisa. Actually: This is plausible for Slavic usage but isn't confirmed by any source we could verify here; the only independently sourced origin is the unrelated Persian term of address.
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Lala
Phonetic: LAH-lah IPA: /ˈlɑː.lɑː/
Popularity of Lala
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1884–2024.
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