Pula as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pula

What is the meaning of the name Pula ?

The baby name Pula is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced POO-lah (IPA: /ˈpuːlə/).

Pula is in Origin.

Pula is a unisex given name in the Sotho–Tswana language family (Setswana/Sesotho/Sepedi) of southern Africa. It literally means “rain,” a powerful symbol of blessing, fertility, and wealth in the region’s arid climate. In Botswana, Pula also serves as the national motto and the name of the currency, reinforcing associations with prosperity and communal well-being.

As a personal name, Pula appears in 20th‑century mission and civil records and remains common in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa, often bestowed for children born with the first rains or in hope of good seasons. Close variants and related forms include Pule (used in some communities as a masculine counterpart), Rapula/Rapule (father of rain), and Mmapula (mother of rain); diminutives follow local naming customs. Outside Africa, Pula is chiefly a homonym: it is a toponym (the Croatian city Pula, Italian Pola) and a Telugu surname, but these are etymologically unrelated.