Hylia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Hylia by the numbers
Hylia was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Hylia
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 Hylia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Heliarelated to the sun; form of Helios13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Halia6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Halimagentle; mild; patient129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hayliehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hayley119 in the US (2017)
- HaniaGod is gracious; form of Hannah106 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hildabattle or warrior16 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Hylia
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