Dula

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Dela in PH Philippines, MX Mexico, BR Brazil and 10 more, Della in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 10 more and Dulaa in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dula is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname13K records spelled Dula8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Dulá, Dülã, Dulà, Ďula, Duľa

• a separate surname10K records spelled Dula3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written Dulá, Duľa

• Polish surname1.9K records spelled Dula11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, United States

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Duľa, Ďula, Důla, Dulá

• Amharic surname943 records spelled Dula7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, India, Philippines, United States

  Also written ዱላ, Dule, ዱለ, Dulaa, Dulé

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dula is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Ethiopia: name of Ethiopian origin

  as a name·African Names

• In Russian, Dula. 13-14th Centuries.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Cebuano, for animals to be shy and not allow anyone to approach them

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In klw, brass tray (for serving betel nut)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In hil, to mislay, to lose, to mislay

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1914–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Franz Dulab. 1814CH(1814-1892)
• Niklaus Dulab. 1814CH(1814-1883)
• Matúš Dulab. 1846SKCzechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and slovak nation politician (1846–1926)
• Peter Dulab. 1947KEKenyan boxer
• Peter Dulab. 1981SKSlovak singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 297 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dula?

We estimate roughly 93 thousand people bear Dula (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Dula have the most bearers?

Dula is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled dela.

How common is Dula compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Dula is the most common surname of 986,934 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Dula mean?

Recorded meaning: , cf. gr. Aoi5Aoc sclav".