Maila
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Maila by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Maila. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Maila
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 Maila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maidamaiden; a form of Maid14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maila
Names that are said the same way as Maila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maila
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