Makyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.
Makyla by the numbers
Makyla was given to 37 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 160 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Makyla
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 Makyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Makyla
Names that are said the same way as Makyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Makala13 in the US (2017)
- Makailah11 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Makyla
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