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Eulalia
Say it: yoo-LAY-lee-uh
Meaning
Greek eulalos, 'sweetly speaking, well-spoken'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long popular in Spain and Catalonia, where it is still given.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 4,568 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1893, about 1 in 3,900 girls
- 55 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lala
| French | Eulalie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Eulalia |
| Catalan | Eulàlia |
| Portuguese | Eulália |
| Italian | Eulalia |
| Galician | Olalla |
Famous bearers
- Eulalia of Mérida, child martyr of 304
- Eulalia of Barcelona, patron of Barcelona
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.