Seyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two 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

Seyla by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Seyla

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

  • Selarock or stone; biblical musical term27 in the US (2017)
  • Skyla117 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shyla110 in the US (2017)
  • Sheyla74 in the US (2017)
  • Sayla17 in the US (2017)
  • Seela5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Seyla

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

  • Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
  • Seylah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Seyla

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