Lalaina
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Lalaina is a given name, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in French and Malagasy, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: dear.
- FRFrance1 in 432K◐
- BEBelgium1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 2.6K ●
- Sources
- 119 ●
in 5 countries
1.1K records
Reference-verified
Meaning & origin●
dear
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | 1,223 | 1K rec. | — | — | Lalaina | 119 |
| BE Belgium | 14 | 13 rec. | — | — | Lalaina | 4 |
| US United States | — | 2 rec. | — | 6 | — | 2 |
| AU Australia | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French1.2K44%
- Malagasy85531%
- English52819%
- Spanish452%
- 241%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 1,229 | 44% |
| Malagasy | 855 | 31% |
| English | 528 | 19% |
| Spanish | 45 | 2% |
| 24 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 6 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1977 | 8 |
| 1995 | 5 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 9 years between 1970–2011. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Lalaina Ramanana-Raharyb. 2001FRbadminton player
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●
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2016 | 1 | #839 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2016 | 1 | #839 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 11 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Lalaina?
- Our records include 2,640 bearers of Lalaina across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Lalaina have the most bearers?
- Lalaina is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled lalaina.
- Is Lalaina a male or female name?
- Lalaina 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.
- What does the name Lalaina mean?
- Recorded meaning: dear
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lalaina”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.