Lale
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lah-LEH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Lale is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “tulip”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Lale mean?
Persian: Turkish lale, from Persian laleh
“tulip”
The tulip was an emblem of the Ottoman court, giving the early 18th-century Tulip Era its name.
Is Lale a girl's or a boy's name?
Lale is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lale in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lale, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lale than any year since 2011.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Lale in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Lale
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noa, Layla, Kehlani, Kalani, Alani, Lottie, Phoebe, Koa, Olive, Florence, Esther, Daphne
Names related to Lale
More Persian names
Jasper, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lale: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lale, updated 20 October 2026.