| The girl name Nala [ syll. na-la, nal-a ] is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced NAALah KEY. Nala has its origins in the Swahili language and it is also used largely in Swahili. Derived literally from the word nala which has the meaning 'lioness'. The name is used in Tansania, East Africa. See Nala for more info. Nala is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Nala include the Arabic Naila, the Arabic Nayla, the Indian Neela, the Arabic Neila, the Arabic Nejla, the Frisian, German, Czech, and Slavic Nela, the German and Hungarian Nelli, the English Nellie, the English Nelly, the English and Indian Nila, the English Noel, the English Noelle, the French Noëlle, the English, Irish, and Italian Nola, the English Nyla, the English Nayeli, the Irish Neile, the German and Frisian Nele, the German Nelia, the English Nell, the English Nelle, the Italian and Spanish Noelia, and the Irish Nuala. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Nala: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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