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لَالَّة
Lalla
LAL-la
“Lady, mistress (honorific).”
About Lalla
Lalla is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "lady, mistress (honorific)" — a Berber-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Maghrebi/Berber honorific for 'lady', used as both a title and a feminine name across Morocco and Algeria.
Especially associated with Moroccan royal usage.
Origin & roots
Origin
Berber · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Across the Maghreb, Berber and Arabic naming traditions have braided for over a millennium. Lalla sits in that overlap.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Lalla
- What does the name Lalla mean?
- Lalla (لَالَّة) means "Lady, mistress (honorific)". Maghrebi/Berber honorific for 'lady', used as both a title and a feminine name across Morocco and Algeria.
- Is Lalla a name from the Qur'an?
- Lalla does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Berber-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Lalla a boy or a girl name?
- Lalla is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Lalla come from?
- Lalla is a Berber-Arabic name, built on the root letters —. Especially associated with Moroccan royal usage.
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