Nyilah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nyilah by the numbers

Nyilah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nyilah

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

  • Nailahone who achieves or attains239 in the US (2017)
  • Neilahlocked; sealed; from the closing of gates5 in the US (2017)
  • Nylah711 in the US (2017)
  • Nilah61 in the US (2017)
  • Niilah6 in the US (2017)
  • Nyelah5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nyilah

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

  • Nyalaantelope; a type of animal16 in the US (2017)
  • Nilayaabode of waters; from nila and aya7 in the US (2017)
  • Nylia15 in the US (2017)
  • Nyleah14 in the US (2017)
  • Nialah13 in the US (2017)
  • Nyliah12 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nyilah

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