Denyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Denyla by the numbers

Denyla was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Denyla

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 Denyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Danylagod is my judge; a form of Daniel39 in the US (2017)
  • Delyla24 in the US (2017)
  • Dnyla15 in the US (2017)
  • Denylah6 in the US (2017)
  • Dellanoble; a form of Adela248 in the US (2017)
  • Denalithe great one; Mount Denali86 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Denyla

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