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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

LAL·la

Stressed syllable in capitals

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Lalla: Meaning, Pronunciation, and Origin · Houdhoud