Lalage as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lalage

What is the meaning of the name Lalage ?

The baby name Lalage is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced lə-LAYJ (IPA: /ləˈleɪdʒ/).

Lalage is Greek in Origin.

Lalage is a feminine name from ancient Greek Lalagē (Λαλαγή), built on the verb lalein “to talk, chatter.” In sense it denotes “prattling” or “chatterbox,” though classical context softens this to “sweetly speaking”: Horace famously promises to love “Lalage, sweetly laughing, sweetly talking” (Odes 1.22). The Latin literary form Lalage traveled unchanged into later European languages.

Use as a given name is rare but persistent in the English‑speaking world, reintroduced through classical education and Romantic/Victorian literature; Edgar Allan Poe used Lalage for the tragic heroine of his play Politian. The name appears sporadically in Britain from the 18th century onward and has seen occasional modern bearers (e.g., educator Lalage Bown). Variants include the Greek Lalagē and the accented French-influenced Lalagé; English pet forms such as Lally or Lala occur informally. Overall meaning: “sweet‑speaking; talkative.”

⚙ Lalage is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 23 recorded uses across 7 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.