Liylah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Liylah by the numbers
Liylah was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Liylah
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 Liylah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Laylahnight; a form of Layla388 in the US (2017)
- Liyahweary; a form of Leah87 in the US (2017)
- Leylahnight; a form of Layla58 in the US (2017)
- Lillahnight; a form of Lilah4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Liylah
Names that are said the same way as Liylah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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