Ajla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ajla by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Ajla. In the US, 31 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Ajla
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ajla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aylahalo of moonlight; oak tree980 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ajaone who drives; goat103 in the US (2017)
- Alanoble, high6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ajwaa type of date palm fruit16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amlasour; emblic myrobalan fruit14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aalanoble or high-born3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Ajla
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