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Nuala

girl name
Origin
Irish
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

fair shoulder (short form of Fionnuala)

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Nuala has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

57 people · the #60,880 first name in Brazil · median age 28

1990s

Among people named Nuala living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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