Lahela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-HEH-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
Lahela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “ewe”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lahela mean?
Hebrew: Hawaiian form of Rachel
“ewe”
Lahela is the Hawaiian form of Rachel, the biblical wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph.
Is Lahela a girl's or a boy's name?
Lahela is a girls' name.
How popular is Lahela in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Lahela in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lahela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
Names like Lahela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamira Makayla Aaliyah Amira Hadassa Samira Layla Hadassah Safa Zahara Salma Taliyah
Names related to Lahela
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lahela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lahela, updated 20 October 2026.