Hala
A short form of Halina, Slavic in origin, carrying the sense of calm. Only about 39 women in Poland go by it, so most Poles have never met one.
Hala Pronunciation
Hala is pronounced KHAH-lah (/ˈxala/).
What Hala means
Where Hala comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
In Poland, Hala lives as a short form of Halina, a name of Slavic origin. The sense of calm and tranquil that people attach to it arrived later, likely by way of the Greek galene, a calm sea. The meaning grew onto the name rather than starting it.
The name also travels. In Arabic, Hala names the halo around the moon, and families in two cultures end up sharing the same four letters. That coincidence gives the name an unusual reach.
Around Halina cluster the softer forms. There is halinka and halka for a child, and hałyna as a regional variant. On a school register you might find a Halina and a Hala in the same row. Short. The one that stays is Hala, meaning calm.
How many people are named Hala
1 in 578047 women in Poland is named Hala. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6221 among female names.
Hala as a middle name
Hala is a first name for 39 women in Poland and a middle name for another 7, an 85/15 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2982nd, between Hadassa (7) and Haresh (7).
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#2980 Hadas7
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#2981 Hadassa7
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#2982 Hala7
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#2983 Haresh7
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#2984 Helin7