Ayala
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning deer or gazelle.
Ayala by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Ayala. In the US, 41 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 51 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayala. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ayala
Names that are said the same way as Ayala, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alayahexalted or ascent; a form of Aliyah109 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Aleyahexalted or ascent; a modern respelling of Aliyah96 in the US (2017)
- Aaleyahascending, going up; a form of Aliyah95 in the US (2017)
- Alyaexalted; noble70 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a deer
Like Ayala, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)
- Fiadhwild, woodland deer182 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hartleyhart meadow; deer clearing157 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ayala
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