Other or different; also associated with a lime tree
Alla has multiple etymological paths. In Germanic contexts, it is often a diminutive of names beginning with the element 'al', meaning 'other'. In Slavic traditions, particularly Russian, it is a distinct name sometimes linked to the Greek word for 'other' or the word for a lime tree.
Less common today
Alla isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,181 in 2001.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
Iconic Soviet and Russian pop singer
Silent film star and Broadway actress
Journalist and former Soviet deputy