Dila

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Dila by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Dila.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dila

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

  • Diyalamp or light43 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dinajudged; a form of Dinah175 in the US (2017)
  • Dimasubduer of the people; diminutive of Dmitri7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Divagoddess; a female opera singer7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dibashining, radiant, beautiful3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Dia9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Dila

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