Liela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Liela by the numbers
Liela was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 1933, making it a 1930s name.
What we can tell you about Liela
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 Liela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leeladivine play, cosmic play51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leladivine play; a form of Leela142 in the US (2017)
- Laelanight; a form of Layla52 in the US (2017)
- Lillalilac flower; diminutive form33 in the US (2017)
- Lielgod is my god3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Liela
Names that are said the same way as Liela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lilialily flower; related to Liliana85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillialily flower; variant of lillia or lilia32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilyalily flower; a form of Lily12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilliahlily flower; a form of Lily3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liliahnight flower; a form of Lilith5 in the US (2017)
- Lylia13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Liela
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