Lyllah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lyllah by the numbers

Lyllah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lyllah

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

  • Lylahnight; a form of Leila or Lilith85 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lillahnight; a form of Lilah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lylla3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lilahnight; a form of leila or lilith464 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laylahnight; a form of Layla388 in the US (2017)
  • Lailahnight342 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lyllah

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

  • Lylanight751 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lilaplayful, divine play; also purple flower277 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lillalilac flower; diminutive form33 in the US (2017)
  • Liyla3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Liylah11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lyllah

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