Entry № 5715 · Persian origin

Laleh Laleh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ lah-LEH /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Tulip"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "tulip".

Laleh (لاله) is the Persian word for "tulip" — the flower symbolic of love and martyrdom in Persian poetry. The tulip is native to the mountains of Central Asia and was first cultivated in Persia.

Laleh is widely used in Iran.

Tulip. The Persian flower of love.

The name in its native script.

لاله
Transliteration
Lāleh
Pronunciation
/ ləˈlɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Laleh stands.

Laleh does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lalehs before her.

Real people
Laleh Pourkarim
Iranian-Swedish singer.
born 1982
In fiction
Laleh
Common in Persian poetry.

Names connected to Laleh.

The number behind Laleh.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Laleh reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.