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 at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“the aura of light around the moon”
About the name Hala
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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