Khaila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Khaila by the numbers
Khaila was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 82 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Khaila
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 Khaila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kailastylish; a variant of Kayla133 in the US (2017)
- Khamilagentle, mild; a form of Kamila18 in the US (2017)
- Khairagood, excellent17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khalilabeloved friend; feminine form of Khalil3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khawlacurved or bent7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Khaia6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Khaila
Names that are said the same way as Khaila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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