Kiyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kiyla by the numbers

Kiyla was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kiyla

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 Kiyla. 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)
  • Kiya87 in the US (2017)
  • Khyla25 in the US (2017)
  • Kila5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kiyla

Names that are said the same way as Kiyla, 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)
  • Kiylah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kiyla

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