Illa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Illa by the numbers
Illa was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 58 babies in 1926, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Illa
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 Illa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ilaearth or the world230 in the US (2017)
- Ilyamy God is Yahweh; Russian form of Elijah13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iliafrom troy or trojan; a form of Ilias35 in the US (2017)
- Ilsanoble maiden; variant of Ilse6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ioladawn cloud; violet colored dawn4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Illa
Names that are said the same way as Illa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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