Keela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Keela by the numbers
Keela was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1978, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Keela
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 Keela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Keilacitadel, fortress; a form of Keilah138 in the US (2017)
- Keelybeautiful; a form of Keelia or Keeley79 in the US (2017)
- Keevagentle; a form of Caoimhe14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keenasmall keen one; a form of Keenan13 in the US (2017)
- Keeravariant of Ciara, meaning dark or black12 in the US (2017)
- Kealathe path or way10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Keela
Names that are said the same way as Keela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Keela
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