Zhala
A Slavic name meaning "dew" or "hail". Just over twenty women in Poland carry it, and no girls are given it now: most Poles will never meet one.
Zhala Pronunciation
Zhala is pronounced SKHAH-lah (/ˈsxala/).
What Zhala means
Where Zhala comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zhala comes from a Slavic root, and the name gathers two readings of weather: dew and hail. One falls soft on grass at first light. The other clatters down hard and cold. Both begin as water in the air, so the name holds a small range of what the sky can drop.
There are no recorded diminutives here, no cross-gender pair, no saint fixed to a calendar day. Zhala stands on its own. That leaves the short meaning to carry the name, and it reads plainly. Dew points to morning and a fresh start. Hail points to sudden force.
On a Polish class register the name would sit apart, unusual among the Zuzannas and Zofias, and a teacher might pause at the first letter. Read it slowly and the sound stays close to its Slavic origin. The Polish gloss is recorded as unknown, so a family leans on the given sense instead: dew, hail.
How many people are named Zhala
1 in 1024720 women in Poland is named Zhala. 22 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #9502 among female names.