Perla

Spellings & scripts●

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●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology 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◐

Perla is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name94K records spelled Perla30 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Pérla, Pèrla, Përlã, Perlâ, Përlā

• a separate given name12K records spelled Perla2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Morocco

  Also written Perl-A

• Czech given name2.6K records spelled Perla25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Czechia, Poland, Philippines

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Croatian

  Also written Перла, Perlo, Pērla, Perlâ, Pêŕlå

• Indonesian given name2.6K records spelled Perla7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Indonesia, India

  Also written Pęrlå, Pérlâ, Pérla, Përlā, Pèrla

• Lao given name2.1K records spelled Perla4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Philippines, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Përlä, Pèrlà

• Turkish given name1.1K records spelled Perla7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Pêrlà, Pérlâ, Përlâ, Pérlà

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●

Perla 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.

• In Portuguese, pall

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

• In Spanish, Del latín vulgar pernăla, diminutivo de perna; pasó a significar 'perla' por parecido con el hueso del pernil.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, do lat. perna > perula; pode indicar joalheiro ou ser matronímico

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Perla, joya

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Italian and Spanish form of PEARL . Pet form: Spanish: Perlita .

  as a word

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●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 102 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Perla Santos-Ocampob. 1931PHFilipino scientist (1931–2012)
• Perla Aguiarb. 1932CUCuban actress
• Perla Cristalb. 1937ARArgentine actress
• Perla Bautistab. 1940PHFilipino actress
• Perla Batallab. 1950USAmerican singer
• Perla Liberatorib. 1981ITItalian voice actress
• Glódís Perla Viggósdóttirb. 1995ISIcelandic association football player
• Perla Heloub. 1995LBLebanese beauty queen
• Perla Haney-Jardineb. 1997BRBrazilian-American actress
• Perla Faríasb. 2000VEVenezuelan director

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 · 894 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Perla?

We estimate roughly 35 thousand people bear Perla (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Perla have the most bearers?

Perla is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled perla.

How common is Perla compared with other names?

In Mexico, Perla is the 229th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Perla a male or female name?

Perla is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Perla mean?

Recorded meaning: pearl