Twila

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Twila by the numbers

Twila was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 304 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Twila

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

  • Twylawoven with thread; a form of Twyla8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taila8 in the US (2017)
  • Tila6 in the US (2017)
  • Taylatailor; a form of Taylor90 in the US (2017)
  • Tehilapraise or praises7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Trinapure; a form of katrina22 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Twila

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