Laël

Meaning and origin of Laël

Popularity of Laël in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Laël has been rising fast (+16% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Laël every 34 schools.

Laël in English-speaking countries

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  833^rd boys’ name115 babies in 3 years1 boy in 7,186+66% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,599^th boys’ name320 babies in 3 years1 boy in 16,067+22.2% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,642^nd boys’ name8 babies in 3 years1 boy in 21,243

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Laël and Lael are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Lael35

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Laël

• Lévi
• Lévy
• Lohan
• Lior
• Matthew
• Joan
• Ely
• Uriel
• Sohann
• Evann
• Jonah
• Ariel

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin