Malayla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Malayla by the numbers
Malayla was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Malayla
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 Malayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Malayla
Names that are said the same way as Malayla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Malaylah5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malayla
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