Wyla

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Wyla by the numbers

Wyla was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.

What we can tell you about Wyla

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

Sounds like Wyla

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

  • Willaresolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina691 in the US (2017)
  • Willah5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Wyla

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