48%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts علاء(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. ‘a-LA [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "excellence, elevation" in Arabic. Related Names Same SpellingAla 2User SubmissionAla PopularityDetails Last ranked #939 in 1881 United States People think this name isRate·Details youthful informal urban refined simple Categories Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest, greatness, palindromes