Mkayla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Mkayla by the numbers
Mkayla was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Mkayla
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 Mkayla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)
- Mikaylawho is like god; feminine form of michael792 in the US (2017)
- Mckaylawho is like god; a feminine form of michael184 in the US (2017)
- Mykaylawho is like god; a spelling variant of michaela26 in the US (2017)
- Mayla29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mekayla12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mkayla
Names that are said the same way as Mkayla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mckailawho is like God; a variant spelling of Michaela6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mkayla
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