Hla

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

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◐

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

• English given name3.2K records spelled Hla10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Malaysia, Syria

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Hlae, Hlä, Hĺa, ̈hla

• Arabic given name2.8K records spelled Hla5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel

  Also written H'La, Hlà, Hlã, Hlä

• Malay given name643 records spelled Hla3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Hlä

• French given name178 records spelled Hla5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Syria

  Also written Hlà, Hlä, Hlã

35 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●

Hla is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Abbreviation of human leukocyte antigen.

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

• ISO 639-3 language code for Halia.

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

• In Xhosa, to descend, to go down

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

• In ilu, what, something

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

• In lic, fish

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

• In bdq, leaf

  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.

Notable people with this name●

• Timothy HlaUSVascular Biology researcher

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 · 49 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hla?

We estimate roughly 406 people bear Hla (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Hla have the most bearers?

Hla is most frequently recorded in Myanmar (Burma), where it is most often spelled hla.

How common is Hla compared with other names?

In Myanmar (Burma), Hla is the 45th most common given name of 9,034 given names recorded there.

Is Hla a male or female name?

Hla is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.