Meila

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
17
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1719
17 babies

Meila by the numbers

In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Meila. In the US, 30 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 49 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Meila

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

  • Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meiralight or shining one62 in the US (2017)
  • Melagathering, fair, or assembly10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meilibeautiful and graceful3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Meela9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maila5 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Meila

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

Names about as common as Meila

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