Hala (given name)

Halah (Arabic: هالة) is an Arabic female given name meaning "the aura of light around the moon". It is a cognate of the Hebrew name Hila.

Notable people with the name include:

• Halah bint D'aij Al Khalifa, wife of Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain
• Halah El Badry (born 1954), Egyptian journalist and novelist
• Halah Finley (born 2009), American actress
• Halah Gezah (born 1989), Libyan sprinter
• Halah Gorani (born 1970), French-American CNN reporter
• Halah Halim, Egyptian-American academic and translator
• Halah Hussein, third daughter of Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah
• Halah Jaber, Lebanese-British journalist
• Halah Misrati (born 1980), Libyan writer and journalist
• Halah Moddelmog (born 1956), president of Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc
• Halah Mohammad al-Nasser (born 1964), Syrian politician
• Halah Sedki (born 1961), Egyptian actress
• Halah Shiha (born 1979), Egyptian actress
• Halah Shukrallah, Egyptian politician