Neyla
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.
Neyla by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Neyla. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Neyla
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 Neyla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Nellabeautiful; a form of Nell or Nella45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Neelablue48 in the US (2017)
- Nelabright light; a diminutive form of Helen45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Neilachampion; a form of Niamh32 in the US (2017)
- Nealaa form of Niamh; bright, radiant19 in the US (2017)
- Nejlastar; a form of Najla8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Neyla
Names that are said the same way as Neyla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Neilahlocked; sealed; from the closing of gates5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Neyla
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