Save Gender Feminine Usage Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic (Rare), Greenlandic (Rare) Pronounced Pron. AL-la(Finnish, Icelandic, Greenlandic) AL-a(Swedish) al-LA(Norwegian) e-la(Danish) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Diminutive of names containing A(i)l, like Áila or the name element adal, like Aliisa.