Likely a variant of Talulla or Tallulah, often explained from Irish elements suggesting abundance or noble lady.
Tallula is a lyrical variant of Tallulah, a name with dual cultural streams feeding into it. One root traces to the Choctaw language of the southeastern United States, where "talulah" evokes the sound and image of leaping water — a name born from the land itself, from the falls and rivers the Choctaw people named long before European contact. The other stream flows from Irish Gaelic, where Tuilelaith (anglicized as Tallulah) meant something closer to "abundance" or "lady of abundance," a name carried by early Irish saints whose feast days appear in medieval martyrologies.
The name burst into broader cultural consciousness through Tallulah Bankhead, the Alabama-born stage and screen actress of the 1920s–1950s who became one of Broadway's most electrifying personalities. Bankhead's outsized charisma and wit made her name synonymous with theatrical glamour and unapologetic self-expression. The name also appears in the animated series "Rugrats" as a baby character, and gained modern recognition through actress Demi Moore and musician Bruce Willis naming their daughter Tallulah in 1994.
The Tallula spelling softens the double-h ending, lending it a more streamlined contemporary feel while preserving the name's flowing, musical quality. It sits comfortably in the current revival of vintage boho names — Magnolia, Juniper, Wren — but carries distinctly more dramatic flair. Parents drawn to it tend to prize both its indigenous American resonance and its theatrical Old Hollywood energy, a combination that feels simultaneously rooted and free-spirited.