Lylla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Lylla by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lylla. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Lylla
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 Lylla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Lylla
Names that are said the same way as Lylla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lillahnight; a form of Lilah4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liyla3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Liylah11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lylla
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