Zaela
Meaning of Zaela
Zaela is a feminine given name of modern coinage whose precise provenance remains subject to onomastic scholarship, often linked to the botanical genus Azalea—derived from the Ancient Greek ἀζαλέα (azaléa), meaning “dry”—and subsequently assimilated into English to denote a vivid, resilient flowering shrub. This appellation exemplifies a contemporary tendency in Anglo-American naming practices to fuse classical botanical reference with novel orthographic form, yielding a clear, disyllabic structure pronounced ZAY-luh (/zeɪle/) that conforms to standard English phonology. Demographically, Zaela has maintained a modest yet consistent presence in the United States over the past two decades, registering between five and twenty‐one newborns annually and fluctuating within the 900–960 rank interval from 2005 through 2024, with its highest placement at 927 in 2021—an indication of its gradual but sustained acceptance among new parents.
Pronunciation
- Pronunced as ZAY-luh (/zeɪle/)
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