Vayla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Vayla by the numbers

Vayla was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Vayla

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

  • Vayda194 in the US (2017)
  • Vyla12 in the US (2017)
  • Vaya3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vala6 in the US (2017)
  • Vaila4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Violaviolet flower; from the latin name208 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Vayla

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

  • Falacrow; a form of Fala Nauma6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Vayla

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