The baby name Sarala is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced suh-RAH-luh (IPA: /səˈrɑːlə/).
Sarala is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Sarala is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced suh-RAH-luh (IPA: /səˈrɑːlə/).
Sarala is Sanskrit in Origin.
Sarala is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, the feminine form saralā (सरला) of sarala, meaning "simple, straight, guileless." It appears across many Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages - Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Kannada, Telugu, Nepali, and Sinhala - with connotations of honesty, clarity, and ease. The name evokes a character that is direct and unadorned, valued in classical texts and everyday speech alike where saral denotes something uncomplex or sincere.
Documented as a personal name in South Asia since at least the late medieval period and widespread in the 19th and 20th centuries, Sarala remains popular in India and the diaspora. Common variants include Sarla (the prevalent modern Hindi form), Saralā (scholarly transliteration), and the masculine counterpart Saral; regional spellings may double the final vowel (Saralaa) to signal length. Related forms and cognates appear in Pali and Prakrit traditions, reinforcing the core meaning of simplicity and uprightness.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Girls | 0 | #32 | 4 | 2,021 |
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #250 | 2 | 6,592 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| SG | 0 | #280 | 3 | 11,010 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #298 | 19 | 15,378 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MY | 0 | #351 | 4 | 12,352 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #379 | 18 | 15,987 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #404 | 3 | 8,413 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #469 | 3 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #479 | 37 | 19,177 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #517 | 115 | 13,121 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #522 | 32 | 20,968 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #540 | 47 | 18,916 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #584 | 4 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #646 | 5 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #798 | 197 | 24,821 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #909 | 27 | 25,931 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2005 | #919 | 6 | 9,844 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #992 | 10 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,140 | 4 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,199 | 1 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Sarala is popular in 28 countries — most recent births per country:
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