Makela
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Makela by the numbers
Makela was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Makela
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 Makela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Makela
Names that are said the same way as Makela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)
- Makaylahwho is like God; a form of Michaela65 in the US (2017)
- Makailawho is like God; modern spelling of Michaela53 in the US (2017)
- Mackaylawho is like god; a form of michaela30 in the US (2017)
- Macaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael17 in the US (2017)
- Makylah15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Makela
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