Khyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Khyla by the numbers

Khyla was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 64 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Khyla

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

  • Kylanarrow strait; form of Kyle802 in the US (2017)
  • Kayla2,108 in the US (2017)
  • Keyla345 in the US (2017)
  • Khyra9 in the US (2017)
  • Kiyla9 in the US (2017)
  • Khya8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Khyla

Names that are said the same way as Khyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kylahnarrow strait; a feminine form of Kyle182 in the US (2017)
  • Kylea21 in the US (2017)
  • Kilah11 in the US (2017)
  • Kila5 in the US (2017)
  • Kiylah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Khyla

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