Alla
Around 15,600 women in Poland carry it, and almost none are newborns: meeting a young Alla would stick with you. The name comes through Russian and Ukrainian use, and reads as the Greek allos, "other, another."
Alla Pronunciation
Alla is pronounced AHL-lah (/ˈalla/).
What Alla means
Where Alla comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Alla reaches Polish through Russian and Ukrainian, where it has served as a woman's name for generations. Its roots go back to Hebrew, and it moved west along the Orthodox naming customs of the East.
The meaning people repeat for it, "other" or "another," comes from the Greek word allos. That sense was fastened onto the name long after it was already in use. There is no diminutive here and no variant; Alla stands as it is.
One documented bearer is Alla Pugacheva, the Russian singer born in 1949. Her records sold widely across the Soviet Union and after it, and the name became easy to recognize. On a Polish class register it reads short and plain. Four letters, two syllables. The Hebrew thread runs underneath, older than the Greek sense of "other."
How many people are named Alla
1 in 1444 women in Poland is named Alla. 15,621 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #302 among female names.
Alla's popularity over time
0 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Alla is most popular
Alla is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Alla as a middle name
Alla is a first name for 15,621 women in Poland and a middle name for another 9, a 100/0 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2516th, between Ainhoa (9) and Amandine (9).
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2514
9Adanna
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2515
9Ainhoa
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25169Alla
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2517
9Amandine
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2518
9Anastasija