Entry № 1180 · Greek origin

Azalea Azalea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-ZAY-lee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Dry / the azalea flower (Iggy Azalea; ornamental shrub)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "dry / the azalea flower (iggy azalea; ornamental shrub)".

Azalea is from the Greek azaleos (dry) — the botanical name for the genus of flowering shrubs in the rhododendron family, famous for their spring blooms in pink, white, red, and purple. Native to Asia, Europe, and North America; cultivated in Western gardens since the 17th century; the Indica azalea (introduced 1808) is the floral emblem of São Paulo, Brazil. A top-1000 US baby name since 2012. The Augusta Masters Tournament's 13th hole is named "Azalea" — among the most-photographed holes in golf because of the 1,600+ azalea plants surrounding it. Azalea Banks is Azealia Banks (different spelling).

Dry / azalea flower.

The name in its native script.

Azalea
Transliteration
Azalea
Pronunciation
/ əˈzeɪ.li.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Azalea stands.

Azalea 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.

Azaleas before her.

Real people
Iggy Azalea
Australian rapper.
born 1990
In fiction
Azalea
Various Southern American culture.

Names connected to Azalea.

The number behind Azalea.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Azalea reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.