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What does Mahalia mean?
Mahalia 
as a girls' name is pronounced ma-HAL-yah, ma-HAYL-yah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Mahalia is "tender one". Also possibly from an Aramaic name meaning "marrow". Biblical name that was well used in the 19th century. Singer Mahalia Jackson.
ASSOCIATED WITH tender (gentle), biblical, 19th century
Variations
VARIANTS Mahala▼, Mahalah, Mahalath, Mahali, Mahalee, Mahaliah, Mahalla, Mahelia, Mehalia
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mahalia Kasey (M.K.), ..
How popular is Mahalia?
Mahalia is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#4131 out of 4276, Top 97%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Mahalia entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its peak rank of #1298 in the U.S. then, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Mahala is the only other prominent variation form of Mahalia listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Mahalia was widespread during 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #914), but now, the version Mahala has become somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Mahalia is pronounced similarly to Mahalya, Mihaela, Mihaila, Mihalia, Mihaliya and Mohala. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Athalia, Caralia, Chalia, Dahlia▲, Macaria, Mafalda, Magali, Magalie, Maillie, Makaria, Mala, Malea, Maleia, Mali, Malia▲, Mallie▼, Maralin, Maralina, Meelia, Melia, Natalia▲, Nathalia▲, Shalia, Tahlia and Thalia. These names tend to be less frequently used than Mahalia.
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