Xela

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

Xela by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Xela

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

  • Xenahospitable, welcoming156 in the US (2017)
  • Xylafrom the forest or woodland; a respelling of Xylia12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Xolapeace10 in the US (2017)
  • Xella5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Xela

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

  • Zelahshadow or rib; biblical place name6 in the US (2017)
  • Zella158 in the US (2017)
  • Zela9 in the US (2017)
  • Zellah7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Xela

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